Composers
Classical musicians should spread their wings
We need more collaboration and more experimentation for classical music to flourish
The movies’ maestro
Hollywood’s most well-known tunesmith now has a doorstopper biography
This century’s Great Composers
Hidden masterminds may yet revive the species
A well-watered lawn
Viktor Kalabis: Chamber music (Hyperion)
In defence of the unjustly neglected
It can be a mistake to think that our cultural margins have been defined by merit
Unjustly overlooked but somewhat undercooked
Elsa Barraine: 2 symphonies &c.(CPO)
Bring back the song-and-dance men
The brilliance of an overlooked generation of 18th century English music makers
A much-misunderstood composer
The Cosmos of Paul Ben-Haim (CPO)
Pure pleasure
Maurice Ravel: Complete solo piano music (Chandos), Complete songs (Signum)
Boulez celebrated but titans ignored
Two painful coincidences underline the imbalance of a presidential command
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
Soft-Play Britain
Britain’s governing class talks of growth and grandeur but focuses on planters and paint schemes
The end of anonymity?
The moral norms of the internet are being destroyed by zero sum politics
“Fauxcest” is not a free speech issue
The government should ban this dangerous and disgusting genre
The pathologies of outdated ideologies
Our managerial elite will go the way of the Mamluks, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Moriori
Murders for April
Make sure it is the cruellest month with this detective fiction
The underworld on the high street
Beneath the façade of everyday commerce, organised crime has quietly captured British high streets
Contra Kemi
Is Kemi Badenoch a principled opponent of identity politics or an anti-woke opportunist?
Canis lupus labor
Europe is a wolf coming up the path to devour the Labour Party
The BBC needs competition
The scandal-ridden Beeb is doomed if it is not held to higher standards
Among the true believers
Belgium’s cycling culture is unique, and increasingly under threat
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves