Global Soft Power Summit 2021
The wokeness of soft power
The content of the Global Soft Power Summit 2021 shows that progressives have turned a vague concept into another divisive label
Church visits and garden walks
From sumptuous architecture to delightful landscaping
Trojan horse separatism
Spanish unity is being bartered away in a game of political greed as a Catalan coup-leader is allowed to stroll back into the country
Calm down, dears!
Donald Trump offers no threat to Britain’s core ideological commitments and is unlikely to radically change U.S. foreign policy
Hoop dreams
Football turned out to be a poor way of shirking parental duties
Poor conduct
Shostakovich: Symphonies 4-6 (Decca)
The Bar should say “bye” to EDI
Barristers should not have to follow ever more extensive equality standards
Do our leaders understand the power grid at all?
It seems as if basic facts are being completely ignored
Office politics
There’s the joker, the slacker, and the bloke who just got fired
Impressive yet unmoving
Franz Schmidt: 4 symphonies (Naxos)
Back in the arena
If you liked Gladiator, you’ll like Gladiator II
Sausage to fortune
Vague promises might haunt Starmer more than an embarrassing gaffe
