Culture
An unlikely man of the people
Kenneth Clark has been unfairly accused of elitism; he wanted to democratise the glories of Western art and make it available to all
Pipe down and play up
We need more silence in sport
Bring on the big beasts
Music needs heavyweight champions to stand up for truth and excellence
Gustav Mahler: 4th symphony (Pentatone)
A new recording of Mahler’s smallest symphony is “indispensable” to connoisseurs of his music
British piano concertos (Lyrita); British music for strings #3 (CPO)
A prawn cocktail of exceptionally competent music to enjoy on Easter Sunday
Studio: The “Fallas” of Valencia
Fierce rivalries in a shared sport
Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata No 1 / Moments Musicaux
A new release of Rachmaninov’s first piano sonata deserves more than five stars
Maxxed out
Battling imposter syndrome in the brave new world
Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Cello Works and Piano Sonatas
If you want an entry point to Weinberg, this is it
Ligeti and Kodaly: Lux Aeterna (OUR Recordings)
The otherworldly and the down-to-earth
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
No Keirs, only dreams now
With the prime minister on his way out, even his own MPs have discovered a fondness for him
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
We must strengthen British capitalism
Having a successful capitalist system depends on having a strong state
A below-par Riley is still better than most
The Palm House by
Gwendoline Riley; My Death by Lisa
Tuttle; Still Talking by Lore Segal
Will Andy crash and Burnham?
The Manchester man is going to face the same constraints as Keir Starmer
Anti-gambling campaigners need a reality check
Affordability checks on punters are counter-productive
Selling the commons
How Britain put a price on nature
After the flood
Net migration may be falling, but the long tail of Britain’s recent immigration regime ensures the debate is far from over
The great HR survivors
As the DEI era fades, personnel heads live on as senior CEO consiglieri and hatchet-bearers
No gods, no monsters
We should stop projecting our neuroses onto foreign leaders