BBC
The UK is institutionally racist
But not how you might think
Alban Berg: Violin concerto &c. (Chandos)
A stunning marriage of the tragic and the erotic
The needy party
Wanting to be liked is a recipe for hatred
The vast plight of the Proms
The end of BBC Four is a death sentence for BBC Orchestras and the Proms alike
BBC butterflies
Trans charity Global Butterflies seems harmless — but are they really cuckoos in the nest?
The BBC’s black hole baloney
Auntie makes a cosmic error
More of the same news from the BBC
Stonewall’s agenda is still embedded in the Corporation’s culture
The BBC can’t fix its class problems with quotas
The Corporation’s diversity obsession is the problem, not the solution
Stop the Wark Coalition
BBC Radio has lost its purpose
Did Mary Whitehouse have a point?
The moral campaigner is having another moment in the spotlight
Artistic freedom is worth the risk
Arts Council England’s revised guidance offers cause for concern over freedom of expression
Poor old Carmen
This update of a classic from the Royal Opera House is a reminder of why messing with great pieces is so risky
What are our cathedrals for?
Changes to the management of cathedrals have obscured the very point of their existence
Dumb, glum and zero-sum
British thinking has to value supply more than distribution
Chinese whispers
Oliver Dowden’s tough talk on Chinese hacking is less than wholly convincing
Murders for April
April is the cruellest month, breeding detective fiction out of the dry land
No joke
Scotland’s Hate Crime Act is absurd, but nobody’s laughing
Brexit and the dubious doppelgangers
Doppelganger models are an unreliable guide to how Britain would have looked had Brexit never happened
Doubting the new Ireland
The more traditions have been deconstructed, the more people have experienced a sense of loss
A right to protest?
The right to dissent is often at odds with the will of the mob
The Conservatives can still reform our cultural institutions
The Tories should cut the Blob down to size before Keir Starmer comes to power
