Conductor
Mehta’s protest over the Gaza war
In the run-up to his 90th birthday, Zubin Mehta decided to sever contact with Israel
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
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Beef and Brexit prosperity
High beef prices are a symptom of a deeper problem—Britain has left the EU, but not its economic mindset.
Better Slayyyter than never
Like the first Strokes album if Max Martin had produced it
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked
Spirits, a seven-year-old and a death camp
Balancing the gap between what the narrator knows and what the reader does
Frivolous and doomed
Classicism still has its place at the National Theatre
Out with the old?
Reform seems to be thriving, and Labour seems to be losing, but what can actually change?
Lost railway art
Art should matter in all its guises, above and below ground
Our money, abroad
If Whitehall can’t stop taxpayers’ money reaching terrorists, it should stop sending it abroad
The praises of a neglected vegetable
Summer calls for cold cucumbers