Edward Elgar
A cherishable dream
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius (Hyperion)
When only Elgar will do
Edward Elgar: 2nd symphony (SOMM)
Elgar’s excellence
Elgar: Symphonies (Halle/Oehms)
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
The EU’s immigration asymmetry
Ten years on, the EU still hasn’t learned Brexit’s hard lesson on migration
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester
Chopping The Onion
It is neither brave nor clever to portray dissenting women as insane
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up
The disunited kingdom
The establishment must confront the disturbing realities of sectarian politics in the UK
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
English football is not boring
Greater competition is being confused with dullness
Has the arts sector learned nothing?
Tripling down on identity politics and censoriousness would be fatal
The bonfire of British history
Absentee landlords’ neglect allows architectural jewels to be burned to the ground
Why Brexit was right
Bad decisions have been made since we voted to leave but we were still right to leave