Album Review
Giya Kancheli: Poetry of Silence (Gramola)
Kancheli’s miniatures grip you by the throat and won’t let you do anything else until it’s over
Tigran Mansurian: Con anima (ECM New Series)
You may find that Con anima is one of the best ways of spending the next 15 minutes of your life
Dear Mademoiselle (Alpha)
Mademoiselle was not much of a composer, too set on correct form to allow the flight of inspiration
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
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The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Britain’s housing crisis is a crisis for veterans
We have to make the system more able to house our heroes
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
The Cup and me
My lasting World Cup memories have nothing to do with England
When art took on fascism (and lost)
Abstract activist concerns have overshadowed aesthetic production
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
Deciphering the royal dress code
Fashion, in royal hands, became a form of branding
Reform should not abandon free markets
Nigel Farage should stick to his liberal guns against the forces of collectivism
Let’s give parents back control
We need a more pluralistic childcare sector
A revolutionary king
The monarch’s vision of “harmony” will have lasting impact
Why people smuggling means profits
People smuggling is one of the few functioning markets left in the UK
