Conductors
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?
The elusive Seiji Ozawa was Japan’s greatest peacemaker
Farewell not just to a conductor but to a generous man
The human subject
Tár is a film of moving ambiguities
Finnish on a high note
The biggest symphony orchestras are in need of music directors: but who’s in the running for the top spot?
Don’t stop the music
How a legendary DJ was cancelled just for listening to women
How Roman women were victimised twice
The victims of abuse could also be degraded by historians
Reading Winston Churchill
Half a century on, we’re still learning more about Britain’s most famous Prime Minister
Britain should get serious about organised crime
We underestimate how much crime is the work of small, nasty groups of people
Tawdry tales
The Tales of Hoffmann, Royal Opera House
Don’t bet on green energy
Groupthink has blinded us into backing solar and wind. Will a big short make us see sense?
How the Tories can win again
The new leader of the Conservatives must reach an important, ignored sector
White male conservatives for identity politics
Kemi Badenoch’s supporters should have fewer illusions
Rime of the ancient Tory mariner
The lesson of the Conservative conference? Keep your kids away from politics
When real Rivals fought over TV
The hit adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s novel reflects the ITV franchise battles
Roger Scruton’s naive nationalism
Cultural nationalism is an ill-fitting model for the modern nation state
