Glyndebourne
Is the party over for festivals?
Why music festivals have lost their purpose
Content warning
On triggering opera and Arts Council England
Serve up a symphony
Simplicity is best for a Glyndebourne picnic
Getting wrecked
Dame Ethel Smyth’s opera dated quickly, but it hardly hurts to have another look at it
Franco-Irish vigour
Augusta Holmès: Symphonic poems (CPO)
The right to learn at home
Home education is a powerful alternative to the box-ticking of state schooling
The tragedy of Radio 3
The centenary “celebration” of the BBC Singers summed up everything that has gone wrong
The death of modern Britishness?
Attempts to construct a dehistoricised national identity have failed
Is Starmer the anti-Thatcher?
He does not have the right ambition and imagination
Was the Budget stupid or malicious?
It is going to fuel youth unemployment
Why Sergeant Martyn Blake was acquitted
There does not appear to be any case for rejecting the decision of the jury
In the city
From the suburbs to the estates
Donald Trump is a wake-up call for Europe
We cannot complacently depend on the US
Who Should Be The Next Archbishop of Canterbury?
With the shock resignation of Justin Welby, who will the Great British Public select to lead the Church of England?
The far enemy
The motivations for the 9/11 attacks are still misunderstood and moralised
