Challenger 2
What is the British Army for and where is it heading?
Will higher defence spending go on tech or boots on the ground?
The danger of naive humanitarianism
The rejection of force is complacent and unsustainable
A house divided
American partisan divisions are the result of social atomisation
Good, mostly clean, fun
The Boys from Syracuse, Upstairs at the Gatehouse
A Soviet revelation
David Oistrakh: The Warner Remastered Edition (58CDs, 3DVDs)
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)
The fading fumes of the New Right
None of the Tory candidates offer the chance of an ideological makeover
Sausage to fortune
Vague promises might haunt Starmer more than an embarrassing gaffe
Exilic yearnings
Miklos Rozsa: violin concerto (LSO Live)
Butterfield’s glorious vindication
Received opinion was wrong about William Butterfield’s powerful architecture
Labour’s favourite banker
Questions can be asked about the relationship between the Labour Party and Anthony Watson