Mahler
In search of the real Mahler
How Mahler’s music is about living in the moment
What’s wrong with the Human Rights Act?
It makes judges the arbiter of moral and political as well as legal decisions
The odd world of Peter Oborne
How has a far-sighted conservative commentator fallen so far?
“Bold vision”
An action or choice can perfectly well be bold without being good
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
Twitter has always been toxic
Bluesky is a reminder of an earlier form of smug spitefulness
Starmer’s tax will hurt children
It is not just a tax, it is cruel theft
Why Sergeant Martyn Blake was acquitted
There does not appear to be any case for rejecting the decision of the jury
Explaining reality to Ed Miliband
You can’t ban baking and eat cake
The stress myth
Your emotions are not an illness
Wanted: a plan to reform the NHS
No serious party can sit out the ideological battle over the remorseless rise in public spending, including on health
The fables of Davos Man
Yuval Noah Harari has written another long book with little wisdom
