Benjamín Labatut
Catnip for culture lovers
Contrasting works from a veteran master of invention and two newer faces who blur fact and fiction
Not a dull phrase
Ethel Smyth: 2nd sonata &c (Delphian)
How H&W hit the iceberg
The opportunism and ineptitude that brought Belfast’s shipbuilding industry to its knees
An actor’s story is a late career marvel
Cleverness is a virtue in itself but is never sterile or without purpose
What is Toryism for?
What has it done if it has not made a system it wishes to defend?
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)
A craven surrender
The handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius represents a mindless and unjust capitulation to a foreign power
Democracy is being undermined in Northern Ireland
Brussels and London are both being reckless about Stormont