Gianandrea Noseda
Shostakovich: Symphonies 9 and 10 (LSO Live)
In terms of sheer wealth of experience, few conductors can compare to Gianandrea Noseda
Pen pusher
My fascination with fountain pens
A “lost” novel better left unfound
We’re a long way from touchstones One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera
The dangers of digital media
By abandoning physical media, have we exposed ourselves to censorship and corporate control?
A Labour of unrequited love
It will take more than vague apologetic gestures to redeem the Labour Party
Good cops and bad spies
Intelligence services as portrayed on-screen are pretty ghastly places to work
Decolonising science
Rewritten histories of science, outdated religious shibboleths and notorious omissions
Against rights radicalism
A noble cause has mutated into an obstructive and anti-democratic force
Web of lies
We can combat misinformation with scepticism and content provenance technology
Their transition too (w/ Emma B)
Children are not secondary characters in their parents’ story
The death of charity?
The decline of religion and the fraying of our social fabric has made us meaner
Why the goal glut?
Football — never boring, even when Italy is defending a 1–0 lead — has only grown more exciting
