Malcolm Arnold
Malcolm Arnold: The Dancing Master (Resonus)
The BBC thought Malcolm Arnold’s opera was not serious enough and a bit bawdy
Shock of the new
There is a difference between innovation and a gimmick
Saltburn and the significance of sound
Why has Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s “Murder on the Dancefloor” caught the world’s attention again?
Bumps in the road
British roads, like Britain itself, need a lot of maintenance work
Queen of Hearts
Perturbed to find Diana has a starring role in Celebrity Help! My House is Haunted
Don’t forget Armenia
Armenians, once the target of genocide, are under threat again
Lutfur Rahman and the future of localism
A new and dangerous kind of local politics is emerging in Britain
Explaining the “gender pay gap”
It does not exist — or, at least, not as you might have thought
Parklife people
This book has a brilliant premise but, frustratingly, it doesn’t quite work
Reform the police, don’t deform the police
The Met Police’s Gangs Matrix might have been flawed but it served an important purpose
On conservative despair
It is hard to escape the sense of tremendous national loss
The conspiracy illusion
Marianna Spring is looking at the finger, not the moon
