Ferdinand Ries
Ferdinand Ries: Piano Trio and Sextets (Hyperion)
Ludwig van Beethoven’s former secretary and pupil was no forgettable curiosity
Time for realpolitik in Israel
Britain’s foreign policy in the Middle East should put British interests first
Staying in place
How history and heritage enrich our surroundings
Postcards from before the war
It is no longer possible to reflect upon Israeli culture as if the “Question of Palestine” could be brushed aside
The BBC should remember what it’s for
A public broadcaster should exist for truthful journalism, not fashionable pieties
Ghostbusted
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is heroically pointless
Essential all-embracing warmth
Gidon Kremer: Songs of Fate (ECM)
The final lap
Senna dives into the high-speed Tamburello corner and never comes out of it
Chasing votes on foreign soil
Viktor Orbán has created a pipeline of support for his Fidesz political project by granting full citizenship to thousands of ethnic Hungarians in Romania
The sculptor’s funeral
The death of Imogen Stuart represents the passing of an Ireland that built, rather than destroyed
A monumental work on British buildings
Gavin Stamp’s posthumous book is a magnificent tour d’horizon, a bible of the styles available to architects between the wars
Communitarianism hits the ballot box
The local elections provided a glimpse of a future where voting is divided by ethnicity
