Growing Up
Forces of nature
Antonin Dvorak: Symphonies (Warner/Pentatone)
South Africa needs better policies, not just better vibes
Political change must lead to economic change as well
Make high culture popular again
We need to face the music and embrace the highbrow
A house divided
American partisan divisions are the result of social atomisation
Death by a thousand cuts
The near-invisibility of the Proms on BBC TV is a symptom of the collapse of public service broadcasting in Britain
The perversity of the Oasis reunion
The cultural optimism of the nineties has been lost
Keeping your head may just save your soul
Hyperreality meets holocaust denial in the insanity of the social media age
The death of modern Britishness?
Attempts to construct a dehistoricised national identity have failed
Thou shalt not pray?
The British state is ruthlessly prosecuting thoughtcrime
The first female President will be Republican
American conservatives are far less averse to assertive women than the political left