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 “conversion therapy” ban still makes for bad law
Recent amendments have failed to answer serious concerns about its implications
The gender wars have not been won
“No debate” has been defeated — but the debate is still ongoing
Why are we ignoring the slaughter in Sudan?
There is no excuse for indifference when we pay such close attention to other wars
A Good Read should be better
Some weeks there are comedians and groovy journalists — others it’s groovy journalists and comedians
Talking to young man about Andrew Tate
You cannot educate the urge to transgress out of young men
The meaning of Navalny’s death
This tragic event illustrates the cruelty and fragility of the Kremlin
What Britain should learn from Singaporean healthcare
How Singapore spends less and sees better outcomes
There is no conservative case for Keir Starmer
Despairing at the Tories is understandable, but the opposition of your opposition is not your ally
A Labour of unrequited love
It will take more than vague apologetic gestures to redeem the Labour Party