Lord Lebedev
We need more Lord Lebedevs
Evgeny Lebedev’s peerage should be celebrated – other members of the Lords have much closer links to the Kremlin.
Conservatives listen to music too
Gatekeeping the “real” meaning of songs is foolish and futile
Schoenberg’s morning and night
Arnold Schoenberg: Expressionist Music (Orchid)
Keir: more than just a lucky general
Neither Left nor Right can accept that Starmer’s impressive focus and strategic sense is responsible for transforming Labour’s prospects
Britain isn’t the Balkans
The UK is not, despite heated rhetoric, on the brink of sectarian violence. But it is heading in the wrong direction
Why we all feel let down
Reflecting upon the corrosive power of disillusionment in politics and why our leaders are virtue vacuums who lack both competence and character
Let publishers publish
The protracted corporate decision-making process is stifling the books industry
A rollicking, great Kiss Me Kate
Musical and artistic brio can transcend the “problematic”
Weren’t the grownups meant to be back in charge?
Shallow managerialism has failed us already