Alexander Goehr
Mahler’s pioneers
Walter Goehr and Willem Mengelberg revive Mahler’s genius
The coming of age
On the anxieties and ambiguities of adulthood
Escaping the digital dark age
We cannot rely on digital media to preserve our art and knowledge
A worthy but deeply flawed attack on woke
A distinct lack of charity when evaluating the motivations and goals of others
Oasis: the good boys of rock and roll
For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success
Donald Trump and the age of sovereign internationalism
We are entering a new age of great power competition
Stick ‘em up
Has the culture war been won?
Merkel the Disaster
The sad dolts in the room are wrong about the former German chancellor
Don’t bite the hand that feeds the birds
The government’s flawed biodiversity analysis endangers successful state-funded schemes
An artist at the assizes
Cyril Hare was that rara avis: a circuit judge who could write like an angel
Procedural Man
The Process is good, the Process is correct, no matter what, trust the Process
So many voters got it wrong
The ignorant masses have betrayed democracy
