Frank Schmidt
Franz Schmidt: 4th symphony (Berliner Philharmoniker recordings)
This is music that is going nowhere
Ireland has become an exporter of gender ideology
An architect of Irish trans policy has been elected Human Rights Commissioner of the Council of Europe
Jolyon’s little investigation
Questions have emerged about the founder of the Good Law Project’s approach to privacy
Rishi goes a-wooin’
The Prime Minister was an extremely nervous suitor trying to impress some very sceptical rural in-laws
Snook dazzles as Dorian Gray
Wilde’s preoccupation with beauty and artifice brings a sassy Victorian immorality tale into our own times
Dumb, glum and zero-sum
British thinking has to value supply more than distribution
Clerical error
Clergy should be in the business of saving souls, not stamping passports
Devolution has been a disaster
SNP incompetence is a feature of the system and not a bug
A Labour of unrequited love
It will take more than vague apologetic gestures to redeem the Labour Party
Save St John’s Voices
The glorious tradition of British choral singing should be defended
The betrayal of Charlie Hebdo
The French intelligentsia has reneged on promises of fearless free speech and embraced a pervasive culture of censorship