Claude Debussy
Debussy, Messiaen: Extase (Pentatone)
Kozena brings an unexpected touch of Janacek in the night
Most Read
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
A very postmodern schism
A postmodern spectacle exposed deep divisions about the nature of truth
Spielberg’s ho-hum space chase
Those describing it as a masterpiece cannot have seen Saving Private Ryan or Schindler’s List
Tedious transgression
The mainstreaming of porn is dangerous, hypocritical and very, very boring
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
“You can’t preach here!”
A hostile attitude towards preaching threatens freedom of religion and freedom of speech
An idiot’s guide to promoting “public health” policies
How to make irrational authoritarian moralism sound like urgent common sense
The problem with scapegoating social media
Social media has become a convenient whipping boy for Britain’s political class
Pick up sticks
Christopher Pincher saunters around
town with a stylish walking cane