Frank Schmidt
Franz Schmidt: 4th symphony (Berliner Philharmoniker recordings)
This is music that is going nowhere
Stolen moments
Smoking is a precious social currency in a fast atomising world
Have we been barking up the wrong tree?
Mark Rowlands believes that humans have a lot to learn from dogs
Puss in boots
Prepare for winter with full panto footwear
The right to learn at home
Home education is a powerful alternative to the box-ticking of state schooling
Boris the Innocent
The Johnsonian lexicon has yet to incorporate the word “responsibility”
The wrongs of Proudman
Criticism does not amount to discrimination or abuse
The bizarre campaign against Physician Associates
The interests of doctors are being elevated above the interests of patients
Kemi Badenoch’s bad spell
Badenoch keeps bowling lop hops to Keir Starmer
Bitter progress
How English towns developed post-war — not always for the better
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
Kemi Badenoch won’t save the Conservatives
Her radical credentials are based on pure PR
