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How politics orchestrates contemporary classical music
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Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
How Bridget Phillipson earned an F
Phillipson’s big ambitions were reduced to performative stunts
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
The migrant crime cover up
Why is Labour fighting to keep migrant crime statistics secret?
The vague vision of Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer was competent but directionless on foreign policy
New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation
Shining a light on the culture wars
Without the reintroduction of liberal ethical standards, the sacred purpose of academia cannot survive
The centre-left is out of ideas
The new journal Arguably barely makes an argument
Fast cars fit for old-school stars
Speed and sophistication once shared the same side of the street
The spy chief who sold us Blue Nun
Raise a glass to a long life, very well lived
Fair vs free elections
The grey zone between interference and counter-interference is becoming Europe’s new political frontier
Talent and temptation
William Walton: Two symphonies
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
Right-wing fight night
A debate over the future of right-wing politics in Britain offered little heat and less light
Bye bye, Beeb?
A Netflix-style subscription model is the only way to save the BBC