Migrant Crisis
The Boris coaster
Is there any reason to doubt Boris Johnson has at least one more miraculous recovery up his sleeve?
Hold a mirror up to France
Imagine the Channel migrant crisis were reversed — who would the media blame?
In praise of Elon Musk
He deserves respect for his defence of free expression online
Britain should get serious about organised crime
We underestimate how much crime is the work of small, nasty groups of people
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
When the music stopped
A reflection on the inexorable decline of arts education and the rise of knee-jerk politics and managerialism
Killing democracy to save it?
The annulling of the first round of the Romanian presidential elections should concern us all
The price of victory
Benjamin Netanyahu has won battles, but there is no foreseeable end to the war
Feminist rehab for mean girl Mahler
You’d have thought the Head Muse of old Vienna had enough on her plate
Land of fire and blood
The detours, if at times distracting, are worth the price of this historical journey
Humble pie?
Ric Holden is painfully aware that he is only just Holden on to his seat
Eric Fogey
Dr Fogey genuinely does believe that virtually every enlightened measure of the past 200 years was a mistake
A macabre sense of humour
Ligeti, Bartok: String quartets (BIS)