Frank Schmidt
Franz Schmidt: 4th symphony (Berliner Philharmoniker recordings)
This is music that is going nowhere
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Anti-gambling campaigners need a reality check
Affordability checks on punters are counter-productive
Britain’s mutilated constitution
We must restore the old to build the new
The name game
Nominative determinism is a rich seam to be mined in sport
Woke politics was never trivial
Wokeness was a lot more, and a lot worse, than a passing online fad
Our new five-party system
First-past-the-post no longer means
an electoral carve-up between the
Tories and Labour, allowing “fringe”
parties real political influence
Red tape and black markets
Prohibition is a criminal’s best friend
Critical briefing: local elections
Our political editor explains what to look out for in Thursday’s elections
Why a wealth tax would fail
Wealth taxes have been tested in various countries and have been abandoned for very good reasons
Into the light
The courage and dignity of Gisèle Pelicot should inspire us all
Rich portrait of a master poet
Auden, Peter Ackroyd
Yes, I’d give the Devil benefit of law
Punishing anyone before they have even been convicted of anything makes me uneasy