Igor Stravinsky
Stravinsky’s aching quality
Stravinsky, Bartok, Martinu: Works for violin and orchestra (BIS)
Stravinsky’s reputation is in freefall
Norman Lebrecht re-examines the life and legacy of Stravinsky.
Modernists can be monarchists
Radical composers are not out to smash the system
Pärt, Poulenc, Stravinsky (BR Klassik)
This is a brilliant concert of three sacred works
Playing the victim
A new book satirises the bizarre dynamics of social justice activism
Why Britain needs more empty homes
The UK’s housing sector is straining at the seams; empty units and second houses are a sign of economic health
How to lose an empire
The rise and fall of the Sassoon family, whose yearning for social acceptance brought titles at the cost of success
The callousness of the virtue signallers
The response to a young singer’s death exposed the cruelty of the self-consciously virtuous
The unromantic truth about tortured poets
Taylor Swift is idealising the grim realities of the lives of poets
You can’t judge a book by its cover
All novels should be like this: stripped of the necessary but boring connective tissue
Unobtrusively superlative
A quietly brilliant Chelsea staple where the food practically tap dances off the fork
The ongoing reality of Russian imperialism
People rationalising Russian military intervention are betraying their ignorance of Russian history
Discomfort Zone
I recommend The Zone of Interest with the greatest caution: it’s not an easy watch
The war on noticing in modern Britain
How DEI initiatives and the worldview behind them dull people’s natural perceptiveness
The big bang
On the ecological repercussions and economic contributions of big shoots
