Artillery Row
The intimacy of thoughts
An excess of technology burdens a cerebral adaptation
Too measured for its own good
Lukas Foss: 1st symphony &c (Naxos)
The British Holocaust cover-up that wasn’t
A fanciful and convoluted conspiracy theory has blighted the reputation of the Channel Islands
It’s OK to be angry about socialism
It is perverse that this chronic failure of an ideology endures
What Lowry saw in the sea
The philosophical side of the painter of “matchstalk men” adds to his charm
Spring fever
Disinformation journalism circles the drain
Sweet vengeance could turn sour
Anti-Conservative right-wingers should be careful what they wish for
Artificially Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material is not a victimless crime
The often-raised theory that AI-CSAM is harmless or can even make children safer, must be quashed
Doing something can be worse than doing nothing
The Gaza pier and the failings of a “do something” foreign policy
The Greens are worse than useless
Their reputation for being nice if a touch naive is far too generous
Iranian women deserve more support
Self-styled internationalists are failing them
Which country?
Our rural landscape is much misunderstood
Piano in wartime
War poems (Somm)
Only the truly privileged can be cultural relativists
It is easy not to judge appalling cultural practices from a distance
Online gambling isn’t bad for the economy
Is there an economic case for prohibitionism? No
When the farmers took on Starmer
It was an inspiring day in London as farmers resisted Labour’s class warfare
When the music stopped
A reflection on the inexorable decline of arts education and the rise of knee-jerk politics and managerialism
An excess of Fauré
Gabriel Fauré: Violin concerto (Naxos), Complete piano works (Calliope)
The problem with petty scandals
They distract us from state failure and institutional decay
Izzy Hardcastle
Ornament of the book-world
The Critic
No they haven’t put the mag on the silver screen just yet, but its still worth watching
