British Music
Elgar’s excellence
Elgar: Symphonies (Halle/Oehms)
Out with the old and in with the new
People are asking why the classic art market has declined — and will it recover?
The original error of educationalists
Universities are not teaching students to be able to think for themselves
Introducing Critical Mash
Our new arts podcast, broadcasting from the frontline of the (high) culture war
Decline of the underclass
In the 21st century, London has lost its own internal logic
Why Labour has the best history books
Labour continues to blunder down that long blind Blairite alleyway, unable to turn back or find an exit
First impressions
The first Impressionist exhibition was no obscure bit of posturing, but artistic sedition
Three novelists pushing the bloat out
Some novels still dare to leave the reader’s hand unheld — without universal success
Gregory Snaith: Little Magazine Editor
Only Gregory seemed prepared to upset the applecart
The BBC feeds us bad science
We can’t even trust the Beeb to tell us about the basic facts of motherhood
Is Britain a Christian country?
The UK has an established religion alright — the worship of the self
Mass confusion
The Conservative elites are no match for superheroines like Greta Thunberg and Charlotte Proudman
