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Edward Elgar

Elgar’s excellence

Elgar: Symphonies (Halle/Oehms)

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Norman Lebrecht

In defence of hereditary peers

Starmer’s spiteful plan for the Lords breaks an important intergenerational contract

Sounding Board

Marcus Walker

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Piano in wartime

War poems (Somm)

Lebrecht's Album of the Week

Norman Lebrecht

The Tory beauty contest

The good, the bad, the ugly and the downright embarrassing

Sketch

Robert Hutton

Just the tonic

Rediscover the forgotten treasure of Australia: fortified wines

On Drink

Henry Jeffreys

Party in the U.S.S.R.

Shortages, queues and giant slogan-laden banners were the order of the day as the party faithful gathered

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Robert Hutton

Online gambling isn’t bad for the economy

Is there an economic case for prohibitionism? No

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Christopher Snowdon

Labour is killing British farming

Attacks on British agriculture must be resisted

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Richard Negus

For Heaven’s sake, not Robert Jenrick

He’s the ideal candidate if you want the Conservatives to lose

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Tim Dawson

Tragedy, comedy and an Italian parable

Three great novels capture a moment of change for society

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John Self

The horrors of VAR

Technology is making the beautiful game less beautiful

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David James

Towards a hospitable environmentalism

Green ideas must transcend misanthropy and austerity

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Kittie Helmick

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