Jesse Norman
The feud that made the modern age
A new book breathes new life into historical fiction
An excess of Fauré
Gabriel Fauré: Violin concerto (Naxos), Complete piano works (Calliope)
The same old song
A reboot of nineties favourite Le Caprice is more museum than restaurant
All gone to look for America
The show is a mishmash, in need of some pruning and a sharper edge
Leader of the year™
Might match-fixing explain Kemi Badenoch’s questions at PMQs?
The uneasy aftermath of the Austrian elections
Will the Austrian establishment close ranks against the Freedom Party?
No, Churchill wasn’t the bad guy
The debate over Britain’s wartime leader has been reignited by an ignorant revisionist account
The contested legacy of “Rocky Horror”
How should we interpret a film that is much more than a light-hearted camp classic?
Poor conduct
Shostakovich: Symphonies 4-6 (Decca)
Death on demand?
Euthanasia offers only bad choices to the most vulnerable patients
A worthy but deeply flawed attack on woke
A distinct lack of charity when evaluating the motivations and goals of others
From El-Alamein to Ukraine
How has the nature of warfare changed since World War Two?
