Album Review
Too measured for its own good
Lukas Foss: 1st symphony &c (Naxos)
Peers but not equals
Ferdinand Ries: Symphonies 1&2 (Ondine); Franz Clement: Solo violin works (Naxos)
Sensitivity of a high order
Sibelius and Prokofiev: Violin concertos (Decca)
Surprise and tension
Czech Songs: Magdalena Kozena (Pentatone)
Well-behaved Beethoven
Beethoven: Triple concerto and British folksongs (Decca)
Polish strings
Grazyna Bacewicz: Symphonies 3 &4; Concerto for string orchestra (both on Chandos)
Having a bad Bey
If you’re going to jettison the essence of the song, why even bother?
Elgar’s excellence
Elgar: Symphonies (Halle/Oehms)
Musical no man’s lands
Two violin concertos fail to inspire
Playfulness and tedium
Stravinsky, Petrushka; Debussy, Jeux and Prelude (Decca)
How to be realistic on Ukraine
There is a route to peace, but it will take compromise
When the farmers took on Starmer
It was an inspiring day in London as farmers resisted Labour’s class warfare
Cometh the hour, cometh the dealmaker
Trump’s ego might be just what the world needs
Countdown to energy apocalypse
What will happen when the wind doesn’t blow?
Sectarianism contra socialism
How did “left-wing” MPs end up voting for the VAT exemption for private schools?
Enjoy some old Baileys
Few literary activities could give quite so much pleasure as reading the work of this brilliant but overlooked novelist
Death by a thousand cuts
The near-invisibility of the Proms on BBC TV is a symptom of the collapse of public service broadcasting in Britain
From El-Alamein to Ukraine
How has the nature of warfare changed since World War Two?
Is this just fantasy?
Sir Brian May is wrong: farmers do care
Ageing gracelessly?
A new book on care is filled with empirical insights but short on rhetorical power
Taking the liberal mask off prohibition
The case for the Tobacco and Vapes Bill is morally and economically unsound
