Friedrich Gulda
Friedrich Gulda: Symphony in G (SWR Musik)
Gulda’s Symphony in G has 35 minutes of invention, which is more than can be said for most late-twentieth century symphonies
Whisperings of the cruel sea
Britten: Concertos (Orfeo)
Left and right hooks
Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak exchanged sloppy blows as Lee Anderson found a warm welcome in the stands
Singers have a voice, too
Study of the Western canon is often reduced to a politicised debate: power and patronage versus individual genius. The truth is far more complex
What’s with all the fuss over Simon Fanshawe?
The writer and activist’s nomination as Rector of Edinburgh University has been oddly controversial
Hellenism in Rome
Children of Athens is an absorbing romp through Greek (and Roman) history
A passage to Istria
Long nights and grey days turn our correspondent’s mind to the Croatian coast
A festival for women — and men?
You cannot address the underrepresentation of women by including men
Against Britain’s two-tier policing
Street preachers should not be arrested for offending people
More than just a club
The four men who founded Aston Villa could not have imagined what would follow
Good cops and bad spies
Intelligence services as portrayed on-screen are pretty ghastly places to work
Too much disinformation
Mariana Spring is back, with another series to set the songbirds a-twitter
