Art Preservation
Art of the deal
A simple sale, with money changing hands, was out of the question
The man who saved Italy’s art
The man, the schemes and the burglar-alarmed fortress that kept Italy’s artistic legacy away from German acquisition
Kim Leadbeater’s “safeguards” won’t keep people safe
The proposed legal hurdles are effectively useless
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)
Kemi Badenoch won’t save the Conservatives
Her radical credentials are based on pure PR
Exilic yearnings
Miklos Rozsa: violin concerto (LSO Live)
The esoterica trap
We should not pollute good causes with unreliable information
Portugal and the missing goats
The roots of environmental disasters can be odder than they look
Why was a foreign rapist in Britain?
The sad background to a horrific case
Silk Road splendour
The bare plain is now home to a million souls, their mosques, cathedrals and some very exclusive hotels