Hungary
Stop monstering Hungary
Our brave author put his head in the mouth of the Hungarian dragon
Our man in Hungary
The past is never very far away in Adam LeBor’s new thriller
Land of his birth
Little of the Hungarian aristocrats’ world remains, except a few crumbling buildings — and Count Bánffy’s stories
Thirty years on: blood and hatred in the Balkans
Adam LeBor recalls terror and surreal moments of calm in Eastern Europe
Letter from Budapest
Tibor Fischer discovers the first of many Roger Scruton cafés
Hungarian Serenade (Naxos)
The outstanding Offenburg String Trio play a gripping compilation of some of the most richly coloured and painfully consequential music you are ever likely to hear
Is there a cultural Iron Curtain emerging in Europe?
Central and eastern European states want a better standard of living, but not at the cost of their sovereignty
Hajdúszoboszló on my mind
Tibor Fischer in Budapest muses on Hungary’s fractious political alliance
Don’t tell feminists what our priorities should be
We know the seriousness of the issues that affect us, thank you
Canals go national
Canals gave Britain a single national economy, one that connected resources, factories, population centres and ports
Go west
Rishi has been a bit down lately
Disposable women?
Middle-aged women are routinely ignored and dismissed by society — it is time for that to change
Who are universities for?
Research is important — but serving the needs and desires of students matters more
Against the relegation of Record Review
Why is Radio 3 mistreating one of its greatest assets?
Save St John’s Voices
The glorious tradition of British choral singing should be defended
London’s lamps live on
Thanks to the dedication of the Gasketeers, a beautiful tradition has been saved
The Midas touch
The kind of skill that makes the breath catch in thousands of throats at once
What became of Tchaikovsky?
Tchaikovsky: 5th symphony etc (ICA Classics)
The sadness of Sceptical Man
Emotion need not entail irrationality, and fence-sitting need not involve wisdom
