Composers
Gustav Mahler: 5th symphony (Pentatone)
Its ethos in Mahler remains inimitable
Prokofiev, Tcherepnin: The Bark of Yearning (Avi-music)
This is prime Prokofiev
Playing with fire
Is writing a show about burns victims and the pioneering Guinea Pig Club really “appropriate”?
The sadder side of summer
Tragedy struck Gustav Mahler, the archetypal summer composer, in 1907
Lifetimes of self-isolation
Composing in seclusion
Against stakeholderism
How ideas like “citizens’ assemblies” threaten democracy and effective policy-making
Katharine Birbalsingh is wrong about religion in schools
Education should prepare us for the good life, not just good grades
There is no conservative case for Keir Starmer
Despairing at the Tories is understandable, but the opposition of your opposition is not your ally
Single-minded
Enjoy some new malt whiskies coming to market
The broad influence of Aquinas
His influence has been felt in economics as well as philosophy and religion
How to lose an empire
The rise and fall of the Sassoon family, whose yearning for social acceptance brought titles at the cost of success
Regency romance
Small human moments cut across the centuries
The untalented Mx. Ripley
In a story of a fiendishly successful performance, Eliot Sumner proved an extremely unconvincing man
Immigration enthusiasts and problematic polling
New analysis made British voters look far more pro-migration than they are
William Wilberforce and England’s forgotten saints
The Clapham Saints and their efforts to reform British manners have been unjustly and unwisely forgotten
Alastair Campbell’s gender neutral nonsense
Alastair Campbell might not care about single-sex spaces, but women do
