Franz Welser-Möst
Savour the silence
The first duty of a conductor is to imagine a world without noise
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
Out with the old?
Reform seems to be thriving, and Labour seems to be losing, but what can actually change?
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
We can restrict doctors’ strikes
Well-paid doctors should not be allowed to endanger patients uninhibited
Welcome to the low-trust economy
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
Art: my part in its downfall
Pierre d’Alancaisez was part of the
contemporary art world’s inner circle until
he saw the error of his ways
Why nobody likes a smarty pants
Is it reasonable to conflate genuine intellectual endeavour with undue concern for supposed accuracy?
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing
The dark side of the White House
As in ancient Rome, power politics are always a promising arena for drama