Album Review
Eighth Blackbird and Navarra String Quartet
I’m not giving up trying to persuade younger people to listen to new composers
Valentin Silvestrov: 7th symphony (Naxos)
Silvestrov writes almost as if Mahler is speaking to us from beyond the grave
Violence is a feature of porn, not a bug
Aggression towards women permeates the most popular pornography
In praise of Elon Musk
He deserves respect for his defence of free expression online
Schrödinger’s Culture War
Is it a myth or a tremendous success?
Why can’t there be more vampires?
Bloodsucking, in various more or less metaphorical guises, is after all opera’s happiest place
Kemi Badenoch’s “ming vase” must be shattered
The Conservative candidate should not be allowed to escape scrutiny
Why shouldn’t we discriminate against people’s beliefs?
It is not the same as discriminating on the basis of race or sex
EDI corrodes the rule of law
Embedding EDI in the work of barristers makes for bad law, not a good society
Wanted: a plan to reform the NHS
No serious party can sit out the ideological battle over the remorseless rise in public spending, including on health
War returns to Kursk
Could the famous WW2 era battlefield be yet another military turning point?
Less than the sum of its parts
Eugene Onegin, Royal Opera
Is Donald Trump the new Hillary Clinton?
His campaign is failing to reach out to enough voters
