Conductor
Passing on the batons
The future of conducting is looking bright — everywhere except in Russia and America
And the band played on…
The appointment of a chief conductor little affects the general performance of an orchestra
High Drama on the Podium
Norman Lebrecht on the late, great Mariss Jansons who died on December 1st
When the music stopped
A reflection on the inexorable decline of arts education and the rise of knee-jerk politics and managerialism
Only the truly privileged can be cultural relativists
It is easy not to judge appalling cultural practices from a distance
Allyship on easy mode
The inclusive message of Will & Harper obscures the harder questions of the “gender wars”
Reading Winston Churchill
Half a century on, we’re still learning more about Britain’s most famous Prime Minister
The dangerous rise of egg harvesting
Women should not be encouraged to undergo a dangerous and unnecessary procedure
The West should stop indulging delusions on Ukraine
Ukraine cannot achieve its maximal goals
Defending an outdoor smoke
There is no rational argument for prohibition
Leave our pubs alone
New public health proposals are missing the pint
Schrödinger’s Culture War
Is it a myth or a tremendous success?
Prom-lematic
Landlords, Lammy, “Land of Hope and Glory” and other questionable phenomena
Alexandre de Moraes is no hero
Don’t make X an ex-X
