Music History
We must resurrect the symphony
Or the orchestra will die with it
Loony tunes
Opera begs leave to celebrate lunacy in a different way
The glorious Ninth
Relive the moments when music changed forever
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
Fifth magician blues
He made the tea, he forged the autographs, and only once did he run out of plectrums
What’s missing in Bradley Cooper’s Maestro
The film should not have ignored the political and musical context to Bernstein’s life
Notes of promise
Bruce Liu: Waves (Deutsche Grammophon)
Too formal for the pub
Mr Händel im pub: Baroque meets folk (Arcantus)
The bats have left the bell tower
What happened to goths?
Am I prepared to help my mum die?
Euthanasia poses impossible questions about life and death
Which country?
Our rural landscape is much misunderstood
Food for thoughtlessness
The march of the public health puritans continues
Why shouldn’t we discriminate against people’s beliefs?
It is not the same as discriminating on the basis of race or sex
The death of modern Britishness?
Attempts to construct a dehistoricised national identity have failed
Democracy is being undermined in Northern Ireland
Brussels and London are both being reckless about Stormont
The dangerous rise of egg harvesting
Women should not be encouraged to undergo a dangerous and unnecessary procedure
How to end the free speech crisis
The right must plan to demolish the four pillars of Britain’s stifling anti-speech laws
Prom-lematic
Landlords, Lammy, “Land of Hope and Glory” and other questionable phenomena
Leave our pubs alone
New public health proposals are missing the pint
Murders for November
Another mélange of murders, from Japan to Scotland
