Athens
Cardinal win
Conclave is a political drama and a closed-room mystery rolled into one
The EU is leaving Britain behind on immigration
The continent is waking up to the need for solutions, and Britain must wake up as well
Who killed the Women’s Equality Party?
Taken over and destroyed by men
John Swinney’s Isla Bryson moment?
The Scottish Government must be made to face the facts on sex and gender
Mahler’s pioneers
Walter Goehr and Willem Mengelberg revive Mahler’s genius
You reap what you sow
Poor Daniel Zeichner was left to face the outrage that the Budget had caused
One of the greats
Bathos, fatalism, heartbreak: these are the pillars of a MacColl song
A macabre sense of humour
Ligeti, Bartok: String quartets (BIS)
Impressive yet unmoving
Franz Schmidt: 4 symphonies (Naxos)