Mahler
In search of the real Mahler
How Mahler’s music is about living in the moment
A monumental work on British buildings
Gavin Stamp’s posthumous book is a magnificent tour d’horizon, a bible of the styles available to architects between the wars
Michael Gove’s new definition of “extremism” is extremely silly
We cannot define such a vague term with such vague terms
Netherworld
The Dutch golden age could be anything but for the painters
Synaesthesia
Robert Thicknesse, Lucy Lethbridge, and Yehuda Shapiro return for a mind bending and spirit expanding episode of Critical Mash
The never-ending question
Jonathan Gullis may still be in the middle of his parliamentary question
Josephine Tey, woman of mystery
Deeply private, her elegant and sharply engaging writing has often been wrongly overlooked
Music for a warm bath
Bloch, Bruch, Dohnanyi (Claves)
Venice’s tortuous tourist tax
How much public money has been wasted on a scheme which will be quietly retired?
Attack is the best form of defence
The right cannot always be fighting a rearguard action in the culture wars
Best bets for Cheltenham
My racing tips for Cheltenham
Hobbs recalled
Ninety-five years on, Hobbs still holds a record that is unlikely ever to be broken
