Arvo Pärt
Pärt, Poulenc, Stravinsky (BR Klassik)
This is a brilliant concert of three sacred works
The futility of safeguards for assisted suicide
Lessons from Belgium and the Netherlands
Who killed the Women’s Equality Party?
Taken over and destroyed by men
Two cheers for Trump on free speech
The President-elect cannot just protect speech that he likes
Out of power for half a century
As the Conservatives face the prospect of a long spell in opposition, they must heed the lessons of their predecessors
St. Vincent
The acclaim is excessive but the talent undeniable
Up-and-down towns
The rise and fall of English towns in the 1960s and 80s
The coming of age
On the anxieties and ambiguities of adulthood
What is Toryism for?
What has it done if it has not made a system it wishes to defend?
Roger Scruton’s naive nationalism
Cultural nationalism is an ill-fitting model for the modern nation state
Why Tony Hinchcliffe’s jokes didn’t work
It is very hard to blend comedy and politics
Just the tonic
Rediscover the forgotten treasure of Australia: fortified wines
