Edward Gardner
You can’t improve on Schubert
Franz Schubert: Orchestral Songs, 9th symphony (Chandos)
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
A mean mood in Makerfield
Reform have enthusiasm, but quiet Labour voters could still swing it for Burnham
Making the case for liberalism
Wooldridge’s polemic draws together the disparate traditions of liberal thought and action
Escape to the country
Some tractor-acceptance meditation might help with moving day
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay
How the cranks won
Britain’s ruling ideology is founded less on what elites believe than on who they fear
The banality of Bower
The much-feared biographer is choosing the wrong targets
Farage fumbles
“Stop Farage” seems to be a more effective message than “Farage”
Fast cars fit for old-school stars
Speed and sophistication once shared the same side of the street
Infamous five
To most of us, the Cambridge Five are just names
Women should not have to apologise for their rights
There is nothing cruel about women wanting single-sex spaces
Women who play along …
It’s only natural when you come across the aftermath of a collision to wonder who was to blame.