Carl Nielsen
Comfort to troubled minds
Carl Nielsen: Clarinet concerto, 5th symphony (Chandos)
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
How to reform the NHS
Britain must take inspiration from the Netherlands
First-place Finnish
Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
Respect for the quarry
Can we love the things we kill?
Fast out of the blocs
how to acquire an
art collection quickly
Anyone could have predicted
Left-leaning commentators should not pretend to be surprised by the consequences of multiculturalism
Will Spain become a Protestant country?
How immigration is changing the religious dynamics of a traditional Catholic stronghold
Killing the bill
Parliament has not approved assisted suicide — but the fight to revive it has already begun.
One year later
Despite the Supreme Court ruling, the gender argument is not going anywhere
Getting a handle on Handel
Robert Thicknesse and friends reflect on Handel and his heyday