Maurice Ravel
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Maurice Ravel: Complete solo piano music (Chandos), Complete songs (Signum)
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion
A moment of profound national unseriousness
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch know that the world faces crises — but are they part of the crises?
Beware the British ICE
Mass deportation of Muslims will not solve antisemitism, but feed feelings of alienation
Trump will not discredit Europe’s populist right
European populism is a lot deeper than mere Trumpism
From an entitlement state to an investment state
How to achieve a pro-social and pro-market economy
Were we close to a revolution in 1926?
Nine Days in May / The Edge of Revolution
Unholy war
The Kremlin’s actions contradict its image of itself
When all you have is a Hermer
Why Lord Hermer is a strange fit as Attorney General
The missing variable in the masculinity crisis
The literature on masculinity ignores the most obvious factor of all: a steady, civilisational fall in testosterone