Marcel Proust
Defying a pervert
We have internalised the belief that to point out the glaringly obvious is not only cruel but aggressive
Reynaldo Hahn: Poèmes & Valses (Hyperion)
This unfamiliar collection is the most enjoyable piano album of the year so far
Literature’s year zero
One hundred years ago two literary masterpieces changed the literary world forever
Shani Diluka: The Proust Album (Warner)
His concerto is a rag-and-bone man’s barrow trundling down a Haussmann boulevard
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Scotland’s biggest legal scandal
Hundreds of men could have being denied their right to a fair trial because of a justice system that rules important character evidence inadmissible
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances
The flawed thinking behind state suicide
Kathleen Stock demonstrates the value of a philosopher’s analytical mind in a sharp critique of assisted suicide
Knowingly crass and conflicted
This American culture is hegemonic because even to steal from it is to propel it
The malicious and the mad
Two recent productions offer two different perspectives on dark sides of masculinity
Running down the clock
Does Keir Starmer have any plans for his final weeks in Downing Street?
DeepMind delusion
The superstar Demis Hassabis is on a mission to create a God-like superintelligence
By the by-elections
Do not expect major surprises or lasting change as a result of the latest Scottish by-elections
