Elgar
I’m a Classic FM convert
Ignore the snobs, trip the light (music) fantastic and bask in the shameless joy of Classic FM
Defend the bishops’ bench
Removing the Lords Spiritual from the House of Lords would be constitutional vandalism
Labour’s timebomb
This one-term Labour government will bequeath a wretched economic mess
Over the line
No one should discipline children for asking honest questions or telling the truth
Merkel the Disaster
The sad dolts in the room are wrong about the former German chancellor
Historiography made exciting
A new book from Richard Davenport-Hines makes history interesting and enjoyable
Graduation blues
On the sad decline of the British university
Killing time
Parliament is making the world a better place, one death at a time
Cardinal win
Conclave is a political drama and a closed-room mystery rolled into one
Humble pie?
Ric Holden is painfully aware that he is only just Holden on to his seat
A Boxing Day treat
It’s Boxing Day — and that means it’s the King George VI Chase at Kempton
Exilic yearnings
Miklos Rozsa: violin concerto (LSO Live)
