London
The state of maaate
All hail Sadiq Khan’s campaign against embarrassing sexists
A Classical career in an ugly age
The fad-spurning architecture of Hugh Petter
The tyranny of weed
How the drug took over our public spaces
Down with skool
When will we stop herding unwilling children into an academic schooling many of them don’t want or need?
London shines in spring
Despite everything, it is a beautiful place
TikTok criminals off our streets
The problem is the crime, not it being seen online
London calling
The decline of our capital
Whatever happened to the British bohemian?
Twilight of the Soho set
See it, say it, sorted
The slogan is not only vulgar, but an implicit lie
The great Wren
Marking the 100th anniversary of Christopher Wren’s death
The BBC feeds us bad science
We can’t even trust the Beeb to tell us about the basic facts of motherhood
Against gorpcore
We have to develop and embrace aesthetics that inspire the imagination
Taking Pride
If sexual orientation is not a choice and therefore nothing to be ashamed of, then it can be nothing to be proud of either
Rozsa’s regret
Miklos Rozsa: Orchestral works (Capriccio)
The conspiracy illusion
Marianna Spring is looking at the finger, not the moon
Wragg must go
He should resign or be fired
Must we keep failing universities alive?
History is full of institutions which could not justify their own existence
An array of civilised music
Walter Kaufmann: 3rd piano concerto, 3rd symphony &c. (CPO)
End of the Biden farce?
The President’s fragility has been obvious for years — but was he ever in control?
Laid-back Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Württemburg sonatas (ECM)
Restoring sanity takes time
So many people have built their professional lives around gender insanity
