Judah Friedlander
Judah Friedlander Live!
In his perversity, absurdity, and bleakness, Friedlander taps the mood of American politics now
Poor old Carmen
This update of a classic from the Royal Opera House is a reminder of why messing with great pieces is so risky
The wrong kind of groupthink
Why do so many economists deny that the value of money is related to its quantity?
A matter of National concern
This year’s race will come close to destroying its magic
The conspiracy illusion
Marianna Spring is looking at the finger, not the moon
Disbanding St John’s Voices would be cultural vandalism
Modern bureaucrats should leave our choirs alone
Introducing Critical Mash
Our new arts podcast, broadcasting from the frontline of the (high) culture war
Don’t just do something, stand there!
Three new books resist the modern cult of busyness
Whisperings of the cruel sea
Britten: Concertos (Orfeo)
Artistic freedom is worth the risk
Arts Council England’s revised guidance offers cause for concern over freedom of expression
Train lines to nowhere
The farcical naming of new overground lines has exposed the fragility of progressivism
How we killed ideas and kept impressions
We have to rediscover ideas and not just the idea of ideas
