On this episode of The Critic Books podcast, Francesca Peacock speaks to Salley Vickers about The Gardener

There are times when precaution stands in the way of what is right

Austria has already decided on barring the unvaccinated, partially vaccinated or immune from participating in normal life

The Larghetto’s organic optimism transcends present woes and looks to bright eternity

Yippee-nu-xi, Omicronner!

At this year’s series, bubbles will mean not Veuve Clicquot but protocols designed to ensure that the ball is all anyone catches Down Under

The Austrian government is demanding a lot from an already mostly acquiescent population

Taken together, it’s not the kind of music you want to hear in isolation

Mandating vaccination by criminal sanction may sound draconian, but then again Austria has historic form for this sort of thing

Stripping a people of its identity and history is the prerequisite to control