Artillery Row
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Sixth Symphony (Hyperion/ICA Classics)
As shattering as any work of its era
Some perspective on the budget
British prospects are not as bad as they seem
Tolkien and environmentalism
The author of The Lord of the Rings despaired of the modern world
Eddie Izzard uses the ladies loo in Sheffield
It’s about a man’s power over women
Bleeding the Russian bear white
Britain, the US and the War in Ukraine
Imagine a world without lawyers on Twitter
The case of the Colston statue
What to do with Channel 4
It could be a force for soft power
The building king
King Charles can be a late bloomer
Don’t mess with mums
Family abolition is luxury backlash politics
The SPD
Many of Germany’s present woes were anticipated by Schröder’s time in office
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
Is Keir Starmer failing?
To fail at something, he would have to do something
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
Polish piano
Andre Tchaikowsky: Piano concertos (Ondine)
What is anger for?
If young women are going to be radical, they need to make it worth it
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
Selling the commons
How Britain put a price on nature
Save our green and pleasant land
It’s time to stop ruining Britain’s countryside with drab, identikit houses and instead build real places with focus, heart and purpose
What’s in a name?
Britain’s debate over assisted suicide is being conducted in language designed to obscure what is actually proposed
Under the volcano
As Sicilians say, Mamma Etna gives more than she takes away
Life for petty theft?
IPP sentences are a shocking stain on the criminal justice system that the Prime Minister would do well to kill off