Albums
Talent and temptation
William Walton: Two symphonies
Lebrecht’s Album of the Year
Not just a great record but an essential one
Sensitivity of a high order
Sibelius and Prokofiev: Violin concertos (Decca)
Most Read
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
The spy chief who sold us Blue Nun
Raise a glass to a long life, very well lived
Lebanon’s finest
Henry Jeffreys savours some reds and whites from the Bekaa valley
Working with Woods
There have been too few honest explorations into the intrinsic link between woods and humans
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?
Our first Catholic prime minister?
Andy Burnham’s religious background has a subtle but deep historical significance
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
The Cup and me
My lasting World Cup memories have nothing to do with England
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
Fisticuffs over the fourth movement
When did classical music become so disturbingly polite?
I’m worried about Andy Burnham
If Burnham does to Britain what he has done to Manchester, we are in big trouble
Why a wealth tax would fail
Wealth taxes have been tested in various countries and have been abandoned for very good reasons