Benjamin Britten
Brahms: sublime genius on a major scale
Forget the sneering of Benjamin Britten, for whom Brahms’s music was “ugly and foul”, the German composer and pianist was a virtuoso talent whose best works burn with volcanic passion and seriousness of purpose
The perversity of the Oasis reunion
The cultural optimism of the nineties has been lost
Why Sergeant Martyn Blake was acquitted
There does not appear to be any case for rejecting the decision of the jury
Hoorah for winter!
Life comes alive again in October when you can start anticipating proper National Hunt racing
Defending life and liberty
Abortion buffer zones hurt, rather than help women and babies
Carole Cadwalladr’s conspiracy theory
The feverish paranoia obscures valid questions
Ultra processed arguments
Public health commentators cannot seem to decide what is safe to eat
BBC Verify’s Bangladesh blunder
In trying to combat misinformation, the BBC has spread its own
Is Starmer the anti-Thatcher?
He does not have the right ambition and imagination
The Royal British Legion’s day to forget
The “Pride poppy” demeans what should be a dignified occasion
Dress code
How did Starmer not know how it would look? (The donation, not the clothes)