Cello
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Arirang (Orchid)
Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Cello Concerto (CPO)
If Norman Lebrecht goes a month without hearing Weinberg he feels the loss
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
The Blob playbook
How activist charities subtly shape policy
American crusades
Populism is susceptible to foreign lobbies and crusading delusions
When all you have is a Hermer
Why Lord Hermer is a strange fit as Attorney General
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
Nice Tice
Can Richard Tice clean up Reform’s image? Or a park?
The torment and the tourists
Holiday-makers must stop enabling the abuse of horses in Egypt
The last thing Labour needs
The revival of the Terminally Ill Adults Bill threatens to consume a party already struggling to hold itself together
Empire State Madrid
Can a stagnant Spain rediscover the future? Hope lies with its capital
Gregory Halting
Procrastinator extraordinaire
Tedious transgression
The mainstreaming of porn is dangerous, hypocritical and very, very boring