Beethoven
Baroque in a bad way
Vikingur Olafsson: Opus 109 (DG)
Castanets in her socks
Martha Argerich Edition (Warner Classics, 46 CDs)
An Easter surprise
Songs from Japan and Europe (TYXart)
Messing with the master’s work
Beethoven: Emperor Concerto; Brett Dean: A Winter’s Journey (Orchid)
Peers but not equals
Ferdinand Ries: Symphonies 1&2 (Ondine); Franz Clement: Solo violin works (Naxos)
Well-behaved Beethoven
Beethoven: Triple concerto and British folksongs (Decca)
The glorious Ninth
Relive the moments when music changed forever
Captivating concertos
Beethoven/Ravel: Concertos (Avanticlassic)
Beethoven’s piano maker
Album of the Week: Nannette Streicher’s Fortepiano (Gramola)
A genius who could say “no”
The things Beethoven never did
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Hey, Starmer, leave those kids alone
Banning under-16s from social media is more prohibitionist stupidity
The third man
Bridget Phillipson’s “Code of Practice” has clarified nothing on sex and gender
Hurry hurry to Chop Chop
Gambling on Cantonese cuisine
A king’s ramsons
Look after the woods, and they will continue to give
When imitation is more then just flattery
An informative and entertaining history of plagiarism in its many forms
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
The slow vibe shift
Escaping our “post-cultural state” will not happen overnight
North Korea’s rogue state development
How Kim Jong Un is embracing the modern world
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
No, rent controls don’t work
Stop toying with failed ideas and build some damn houses
Empire State Madrid
Can a stagnant Spain rediscover the future? Hope lies with its capital