Conducting
Passing the baton to the offspring
Does maestro talent run in the genes?
Finnish on a high note
Now, how the Helsinki has this happened?
High-voltage Haitink recalled
Bernard Haitink, who died last month, was a conducting master
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Whip smart
Threatening the whipping system would be alarmingly stupid
Has the arts sector learned nothing?
Tripling down on identity politics and censoriousness would be fatal
Why a wealth tax would fail
Wealth taxes have been tested in various countries and have been abandoned for very good reasons
Farage fumbles
“Stop Farage” seems to be a more effective message than “Farage”
New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation
The BBC needs competition
The scandal-ridden Beeb is doomed if it is not held to higher standards
Self-inflicted misery
Super troupers
California dying
The world’s dream factory now produces scenes from a dystopia
Stop saying sectarianism
Britain’s emerging politics are not really sectarian at all, but the result of neo-communal fragmentation
Vote Green to end antisemitism
Critics have been trying to twist their leaders’ words to resemble what they actually said
Stop selling sexism
Banning strip clubs might sound unrealistic but it is the right thing to do