Alexei Stanchinsky
Alexei Stanchinsky: Piano works (Ondine)
Stanchinsky occupies a tonal territory midway between Rachmaninov and Scriabin; an amalgam of suppurating misery and crackpot visionary
War destroys everything
Alex Garland’s Civil War is filled with terror and horror
Dumb, glum and zero-sum
British thinking has to value supply more than distribution
Who are universities for?
Research is important — but serving the needs and desires of students matters more
For whom the road tolls
Did turnpike roads transform travel in the 18th century? Or were they a means for rent-seeking?
Davie, Davie, give us some answers do
Why the BBC keeps obscuring the truth of sex and gender
Unpacking neurodivergence and gender identity
Neurodivergent teenagers are in danger of having their struggles miscategorised
Childhood reclaimed
Mobile phones have been constraining our kids’ imaginations — but it does not have to be this way
Netherworld
The Dutch golden age could be anything but for the painters
The war on noticing in modern Britain
How DEI initiatives and the worldview behind them dull people’s natural perceptiveness
Singers have a voice, too
Study of the Western canon is often reduced to a politicised debate: power and patronage versus individual genius. The truth is far more complex
Between the devil and the deep blue sea
A substantial and growing minority of Americans hate both presidential candidates
