Michael Shnayerson
Beast of Las Vegas
The first title in Yale University’s highly regarded “Jewish Lives” series to be devoted to a murderous scoundrel
Why we should resist this “conversion therapy” ban
It would enshrine dubious claims as unarguable facts, and it endangers freedom and young people
Whisperings of the cruel sea
Britten: Concertos (Orfeo)
The hidden cost of pronoun politeness
Using untruthful pronouns is not the same as complimenting a bad haircut
The light and the insubstantial
Poulenc and others: Chamber music (Calliope/DG)
Nicola Sturgeon and the WhatsApp Group of Secrets
Stern but lovable Scot, Professor Sturgeon, would tell us the whole truth…wouldn’t she?
Singers have a voice, too
Study of the Western canon is often reduced to a politicised debate: power and patronage versus individual genius. The truth is far more complex
Death by a thousand regulations
British politicians are allowing unnecessary laws to ruin civil society
February letters
Questioning Cameron, cautioning Houellebecq and disputing the image of God
Brussels, capital city of Surrealism
In Brussels, Surrealism lurks in the most unexpected places
The dangerous excesses of breaking boundaries
There is a double standard on trans people and violence
Ireland has become an exporter of gender ideology
An architect of Irish trans policy has been elected Human Rights Commissioner of the Council of Europe