Album Review
Christmas, irresistibly
Lise Davidsen: Christmas from Norway (Decca)/Miracle of Miracles (Cedille)
Notes of promise
Bruce Liu: Waves (Deutsche Grammophon)
A giant dipper of delights
BBC Legends Volume 4 (ICA Classics)
A celebration of redemption
Handel: Israel in Egypt (Avie)
Over-simplified and underpowered
Shostakovich symphonies 2, 3, 12, 13 (DG)
Flickering with fire and ice
Beethoven: 1st piano concerto, &c (DG)
The world’s last measured moments
Joseph Haydn: Symphonies 93-95
A chronicle of gratitude and ambivalence
Mieczyslaw Weinberg: 12th symphony/Dawn (Chandos)
The ultimate collaborator
Sergio Tiempo: Hommage (Avanti)
The end of the Emersons
Infinite Voyage: Emerson Quartet (Alpha Classics)
Living the good life
The rising middle classes were decisive in shaping the late 19th century English town
The costs of assisted suicide
The trade-offs are real and extremely serious
Is Donald Trump the new Hillary Clinton?
His campaign is failing to reach out to enough voters
Tough on the causes of non-crime
A warm welcome back to non-crime hate incidents
Murders for November
Another mélange of murders, from Japan to Scotland
Sectarianism contra socialism
How did “left-wing” MPs end up voting for the VAT exemption for private schools?
You were warned
Badenoch’s election means bad news for the Tories
War, peace and city streets
How English towns survived the Blitz and entered the modern world
Reparate good times, come on!
The Critic’s Extremely Factual Guide to Slavery Reparations the UK Most Definitely Owes
Sausage to fortune
Vague promises might haunt Starmer more than an embarrassing gaffe
Dissolve the hotbeds of wokery
Failing universities should go the way of the monasteries under Henry VIII
