Boarding Schools
The quaintness of the campaign against public schools
The abuse was terrible but its relevance to modern politics is dubious
Off with the fairies
Unsurprisingly, the most brilliant of all English music-theatre pieces are mostly overlooked
Polish strings
Grazyna Bacewicz: Symphonies 3 &4; Concerto for string orchestra (both on Chandos)
Sticky situation
Everyone’s Sticky Toffee Pudding recipe was different. All were revolting
What became of Tchaikovsky?
Tchaikovsky: 5th symphony etc (ICA Classics)
Miserable managerialism at Magdalen
Gimmicky stakeholder management is failing the spirit of the university
Not amused: Victoria in her own words
Beneath the excitable phrases and endless underlining, Victoria’s correspondence doggedly promoted a coherent policy
Regency romance
Small human moments cut across the centuries
A mum’s place is in the Irish constitution
Ireland’s constitution is rare in protecting mothers, so why change this?
Laugh to hide the tears
Rishi Sunak was desperate to appear on top form before the Liaison Committee
Toady of Whitehall
Open cruelty was met with equally shameless sycophancy
Music for a disintegrating world
Valentin Silvestrov: Widmung, Postludium (Naxos)
