Classic Music
Peers but not equals
Ferdinand Ries: Symphonies 1&2 (Ondine); Franz Clement: Solo violin works (Naxos)
Lightweight Kate Winslet
Our most versatile of English roses must accept that one role is beyond even her
Some picture-perfect restorations
What we were seeing looked as good as it would have at its premiere
The failure of the Irish nerve
Politicians are not acting and the public are not forcing them to act
Labour has a conspiracy problem
Dawn Butler MP should reevaluate her eccentric ideas
Bitter progress
How English towns developed post-war — not always for the better
Let’s start a cat flap
Why do cute predators get a pass from conservationists?
Blogosphere bubble
Reviving a simple English classic: bubble and squeak
The Old Vic under siege
The King’s favourite Shakespearean need hardly trouble himself with such dreary details
Two cheers for pedestrianisation
Pedestrianisation cannot solve all of Oxford Street’s problems
Going solo
This Christmas, 40 competitors will face the most difficult sporting challenge on the planet
Britain should get serious about organised crime
We underestimate how much crime is the work of small, nasty groups of people
