Heat Wave
Some like it chilled
Summer is the perfect time for cold soup
The heat is on
We need to rethink our use of water
Shiva Naipaul
The younger brother of a controversial Nobel Prize winner who has been unjustly overlooked
An excess of Fauré
Gabriel Fauré: Violin concerto (Naxos), Complete piano works (Calliope)
Take a bow
This season’s must-have neckwear is a sartorial two-fingered salute to life
Murders for November
Another mélange of murders, from Japan to Scotland
Athenian ambrosia
Savour a culinary renaissance in Greece
The art of violence
High jinks in the Groucho Club are small beer when compared to the misdeeds of their artist ancestors
Carelessness in the community
Who are the “community leaders” who are currently shaping police policy in Birmingham?
A real plan for growth
A series of simple economic blunders has led to self-defeating policies that strangle any chance of prosperity for all
Hi-energy nutrients
Schoenfield, Vivier, Bartok &c (Accentus Music)
Why Tony Hinchcliffe’s jokes didn’t work
It is very hard to blend comedy and politics
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
