Baroque
The dead city
Romanticism rising from the rubble
Germany in the Baroque Age
Professor Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss the cultural achievements of the Baroque Age in the German states
The eye of the storm
Rachel Podger and Brecon Baroque, Vivaldi, The Four Seasons
Some very healthy early music canaries
Helen Charlston & Toby Carr; Siglo de Oro (LFBM, St John’s, Smith Sq)
The Sea! The Sea!
Southbank Sinfonia Baroque at St John’s Smith Square
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Ban their benefits and deport them
Our interview with Zia Yusuf
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
RIP New Labour?
Keir Starmer’s failure should mark a decisive break with a failed consensus
Don’t bet against the SNP
The complete ineptitude of their rivals has kept them at the top of Scottish politics
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
Unionists should unite
It’s time to build alliances to ensure that unionists are not let down again
The missing variable in the masculinity crisis
The literature on masculinity ignores the most obvious factor of all: a steady, civilisational fall in testosterone
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
The old age elephant in the room
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?
Migration musings
A new book on immigration is welcome in its honestly and openness