Franz Schmidt
Impressive yet unmoving
Franz Schmidt: 4 symphonies (Naxos)
The Age of Coles
The former vicar is perfectly suited for the Starmer years
The right to learn at home
Home education is a powerful alternative to the box-ticking of state schooling
Prom-lematic
Landlords, Lammy, “Land of Hope and Glory” and other questionable phenomena
Badmissions procedures
Putting decisions in the hands of non-specialist administrators fails students and universities
The authorities are inept sheriffs of social media
Politicians, the police and the judiciary should stop trying to control a landscape they do not understand
Turning shares into swords
The Church doesn’t invest in defence companies, but it prays you continue to do so
Cultural appropriation is here to stay
So-called cultural appropriation is an American obsession, cheerfully ignored by a fast globalising world
Is cricket growing up and leaving home?
In many ways the sport is thriving, but there is danger ahead
Ultra processed arguments
Public health commentators cannot seem to decide what is safe to eat