On Music
Soothing sounds in time of war
There are expectations going back to 1948 that musicians turn up to provide relief
Bruckner: Anton … and on
Bruckner and the German soul
Have I seen the future of music?
On a performance in three dimensions for all five senses
Is the party over for festivals?
Why music festivals have lost their purpose
Requiem for London’s music
How London has lost its place as a classical music capital.
We are indebted to Otto Klemperer
On the extraordinary talent of a troubled composer
Stravinsky’s reputation is in freefall
Norman Lebrecht re-examines the life and legacy of Stravinsky.
The apple of my ear
Limitless choice and a rattle of regret
Once more with Gustavo
“Orchestra makes right call” shock!
A genius who could say “no”
The things Beethoven never did
How H&W hit the iceberg
The opportunism and ineptitude that brought Belfast’s shipbuilding industry to its knees
Pornhub exposed
The tenth most visited website in the world was effectively castrated by a middle-aged American mum
The new equality bar
Is the Bar Standards Council really fit to enforce a proposed raft of new equality rules?
Stick ‘em up
Has the culture war been won?
Shiva Naipaul
The younger brother of a controversial Nobel Prize winner who has been unjustly overlooked
Not a relaunch
Is that a PLAN FOR CHANGE in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me?
A constructive opposition
The age of Badenoch is off to a suitably farcical start
An irreversible step
If Britain embraces euthanasia for the terminally ill, it won’t end there
Minimum pricing, maximum annoyance
No one wins when the minimum price for alcohol rises
The problem with petty scandals
They distract us from state failure and institutional decay
The enemy of the Civil Service is my friend
Conservatives should hope that Keir Starmer can weaken its grip on British policy
