mushrooms
A countryside for all
Patrick Galbraith wants shooters and mushroom heads to get along
Playing the ball
The Kookaburra experiment seems a confused diversion, not a ticket to high intensity
It’s not rocket science
It all goes wrong when arts departments start imitating research universities
Parklife people
This book has a brilliant premise but, frustratingly, it doesn’t quite work
The awkward truth about sex and free speech
More women should realise that “inclusivity” should not come before freedom
Why are we ignoring the slaughter in Sudan?
There is no excuse for indifference when we pay such close attention to other wars
Music for a disintegrating world
Valentin Silvestrov: Widmung, Postludium (Naxos)
In praise of the viola
Cantabile: Anthems for viola (Delphian)
Who judges the judges?
Judges, whatever their gender, need sufficient judgement to maintain neutrality and political impartiality
The end of “Anglo-Saxon”?
The rebranding of Anglo-Saxon England is senseless and silly
Musical no man’s lands
Two violin concertos fail to inspire
Murders for April
April is the cruellest month, breeding detective fiction out of the dry land
