current affairs
The geopolitical prescience of Handel
On opera’s flirtation with current affairs
The state Will Hutton is in
Dissecting a spiteful attack on British farmers
The EU is leaving Britain behind on immigration
The continent is waking up to the need for solutions, and Britain must wake up as well
Consent isn’t everything
Protections against violent sexual encounters are being dismantled
The golden age of criticism?
There are good reasons why serious writers no longer review in the national press
Eric Fogey
Dr Fogey genuinely does believe that virtually every enlightened measure of the past 200 years was a mistake
Labour’s timebomb
This one-term Labour government will bequeath a wretched economic mess
Why Sergeant Martyn Blake was acquitted
There does not appear to be any case for rejecting the decision of the jury
Reaping a bitter harvest
Labour are struggling to justify their own policies
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)