Classical Music
Modernists can be monarchists
Radical composers are not out to smash the system
A major talent
Missy Mazzoli: Dark with excessive bright (BIS)
A classic case of missing the point
A misguided campaign to decolonise the Univerity of London’s Classics curriculum
Captivating concertos
Beethoven/Ravel: Concertos (Avanticlassic)
Betjeman the beat poet
Recalling a thrilling collaboration between the poet and a group of oddball musicians
Honky-tonking around
Yuja Wang: The American Album (DG)
Excellence for everyone
What does the BBC have against classical music?
The death of a music shop
We shouldn’t accept the decline of the high street
A genius who could say “no”
The things Beethoven never did
Englishness with an aftertaste
The pleasures of cowpats
Leader of the year™
Might match-fixing explain Kemi Badenoch’s questions at PMQs?
Religion is here to stay
A new spirit of confidence and fearlessness characterises those who continue to believe
Kemi Badenoch won’t save the Conservatives
Her radical credentials are based on pure PR
Carole Cadwalladr’s conspiracy theory
The feverish paranoia obscures valid questions
Are we being misled on Georgia?
Claims of electoral fraud are serious — but they have not been substantiated
The idea of the countryside
English rural life in theory and practice
The dangerous lure of Europe
We must disincentivise economic migration to European states
The fables of Davos Man
Yuval Noah Harari has written another long book with little wisdom
The Warburg refurbished
The institute used to feel intellectually introverted
Tom Stoppard’s Hampstead drama
Best not try to memorise this deceptive Connect Four of relationships — just get into the flow
A passionate battler for buildings
A manichaean choice between the organic adaptation of old buildings and the beauty of the new
