Fassona
The Piedmontese job
Enjoying the silky and lean Italian Fassona beef in Turin and Kensington
In defence of British theological education
Critics should be more optimistic about the new generation of ordinands
The light and the insubstantial
Poulenc and others: Chamber music (Calliope/DG)
Essential all-embracing warmth
Gidon Kremer: Songs of Fate (ECM)
Should there be set texts for MPs?
Establishment ignorance of the texts we should be governed by is endangering the United Kingdom
A masterpiece in miniature
Taneyev, Schumann: Piano quintets (Signum)
Were lockdowns ethical?
Questionable benefits were emphasised above obvious and dramatic harms
The coddlin’ of the British dance
How Britain’s anarchic rave scene turned authoritarian
Legal laughs
Legal “humour” is seldom more than mildly amusing
They like her when she’s angry
Kemi Badenoch is the Incredible Hulk of government ministers, roaring her way through the public realm, smashing opponents left and right
A discordant song
Classical music may be the worst casualty of identitarian politics
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar
The public health fanatics have a new enemy in their sights
