Classic Music
AI of the beholder
Instead of destroying the arts, artificial intelligence will redeem them
Why does this record exist?
Wilhelm Furtwängler: 2nd symphony (Chandos)
Peers but not equals
Ferdinand Ries: Symphonies 1&2 (Ondine); Franz Clement: Solo violin works (Naxos)
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The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Migrant hotels are not the real problem
The real problem with illegal immigration is at the border
Towards an allied civil society network in Europe
The Trump Administration is turning its attention to Europe’s civic institutions
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
Shining a light on the culture wars
Without the reintroduction of liberal ethical standards, the sacred purpose of academia cannot survive
Deciphering the royal dress code
Fashion, in royal hands, became a form of branding
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
AI and the Jefferson Option
Eighteenth-century advice on surviving the AI apocalypse
Right-wingers must rediscover their principles
Internalising the logic of liberalism has made defeat inevitable
An artful chip
Any penalty is at heart a psychological battle between taker and keeper
Final Analysis
The real measure of a degree