Choral Music
Disbanding St John’s Voices would be cultural vandalism
Modern bureaucrats should leave our choirs alone
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
Party in the U.S.S.R.
Shortages, queues and giant slogan-laden banners were the order of the day as the party faithful gathered
The afterlife of Father Jerzy Popiełuszko
Reflections on forty years since his death shook communist Poland
The art of violence
High jinks in the Groucho Club are small beer when compared to the misdeeds of their artist ancestors
Francis Bacon’s visceral language
Pain and pleasure are never far away in these portraits
The empty road to serfdom
“Vision Zero” is a tyrannical anti-driving dream
A wealth of glorious objects and images
A new book about the discovery of classical sculptures and frescoes is itself a real treasure
Oasis: the good boys of rock and roll
For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success
Explaining reality to Ed Miliband
You can’t ban baking and eat cake
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)
Sectarianism contra socialism
How did “left-wing” MPs end up voting for the VAT exemption for private schools?
