Beethoven
Ferdinand Ries: Piano Trio and Sextets (Hyperion)
Ludwig van Beethoven’s former secretary and pupil was no forgettable curiosity
Unfinished? Don’t start!
A new project to restore Beethoven’s incomplete symphony borders on pathological necromancy
Beethoven, Birtwistle: A bag of bagatelles (Wergo)
Those who listen to music with an open mind are going to have a ball with this
Beethoven/Schnittke: Violin concertos (BIS)
This fabulous interpretation of the Beethoven concerto is one of the records of the year
Terrorism in prisons
A new report opens the lid on a growing problem
Musical scores
Great passages of play evoke great music
Steals on wheels
Women are having their cycling podium places stolen from under their noses by trans-identified men
We need to talk about Sex Education
Relationship and Sex Education classes for children are being taken over by outside providers with their own agenda
Why do women bear the brunt of literary censorship?
Cancellation is the modern manifestation of public shaming culture
Grace in the face of prejudice
Gwendolyn Brooks’s Maud Martha has been published in Britain for the first time
Wakefield and the revival of Labour Britain
After an electoral disaster in the 1930s, Wakefield kickstarted the new Labour era. Can it do the same for Starmer?
Has the Tory left deserted Northern Ireland?
Conservatives must stop backing the disastrous NI protocol
Boris is no joke, he’s a way of life
Keep the Telegraph solvent, keep Boris in office
Love’s labourers lost
Romeo finds himself overcome by a sense of utter hopelessness
American judges have chosen life — so should Britain
It’s not only the US Supreme Court that has serious concerns about abortion