Courtney Love
Whole lotta Love
She makes your average rapper look like a Quaker
Lebrecht’s Album of the Year
Not just a great record but an essential one
An excess of Fauré
Gabriel Fauré: Violin concerto (Naxos), Complete piano works (Calliope)
BBC Verify’s Bangladesh blunder
In trying to combat misinformation, the BBC has spread its own
Toasting a maestro
Stranded passengers emerged bewildered into the night of the living dead
The price of victory
Benjamin Netanyahu has won battles, but there is no foreseeable end to the war
The bastard son of democratic aestheticisation
How Donald Trump made populism funny
Rewiring the state
Kemi Badenoch has a plan, though what it involves is anyone’s guess
Silk Road splendour
The bare plain is now home to a million souls, their mosques, cathedrals and some very exclusive hotels
Are Jewish students really afraid of the Freedom of Speech Act?
Some of have raised concerns, yes, but generalisations are wrong and unhelpful
Sean Scully in France
He’s been showered with honours and awards — yet plenty of people can’t stand his work
Fear and loving
Cricket in the West Indies has not been the same since the loss of Malcolm Marshall
