On Music
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
Passion and percussion
Two tastes of Chinese culture in London
A college in tune with the times
How music colleges need to adjust to the twenty-first century
Inquest into the death of ENO
The cause of death, in this coroner’s verdict, is a prolonged failure to address reality
In search of the real Mahler
How Mahler’s music is about living in the moment
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Signs of life
Wales finally offered proof they aren’t destined to decline
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
Farewell to an intellectual giant
Patrick Nash pays tribute to the late
David Abulafia, fastidious champion of
Oxbridge’s academic standards
Food pairing is folly
A warning against trying to match wine to dish
The radical feminism—Christianity pipeline
For radical feminists, clarity about the realities of sex often opens onto a search for moral order
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
Steel blues
The Government’s new steel strategy is stupid and destructive
The Islamic identity crisis
V.S. Naipaul was prophetic on the struggles between Islam and modernity
Parade of defeats
Armenia is a democracy tearing itself apart over who gets to define the soul of a nation
The ephemeral Farage
Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished
Murders for April
Make sure it is the cruellest month with this detective fiction