Music
Lana chameleon
Pitchfork was one of a whole ecosystem of taste-making blogs which laid claim to being the ones who had made del Rey
Paul Hindemith: Mathis symphony (Naxos), Clarinet concerto (Orfeo)
When asked “which Hindemith should I try first?”, I’m lost for an answer
London Nights (Capriccio)
Intelligent and well played though it is, Franziska Lee’s album of Londonoid piano pieces can’t make a bad sonata better
Spare us the skintight sonata
If Yuja Wang were to strip everything right down to the music, she could be a sensation
Play it again, Sam
Nostalgia has long been the key to pop’s survival
To the bitter end
Why on earth would we want to see the same tawdry old stories endlessly re-enacted?
Long players
As long as the fans are alive, it seems that a band can keep going
Passing on the batons
The future of conducting is looking bright — everywhere except in Russia and America
“The new Liberace” strikes again
Nigel Kennedy’s latest principled stand against “Jurassic“ FM and the forces of musical conservatism
The last Everly brother
Don Everly’s death officially marks the day the music died
Most Read
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Signs of life
Wales finally offered proof they aren’t destined to decline
Migration musings
A new book on immigration is welcome in its honestly and openness
Angst, Nazis and forgotten treasure
Transcription / You Are the Führer’s Unrequited Love / For the Love of Willie
Eat less chicken
Industrial farming is bad for the environment but it is also cruel
The roots of hatred
Antisemitism, an ancient subject, has once again become a hot topic
An artful chip
Any penalty is at heart a psychological battle between taker and keeper
The dead-end art of conspiracy
Should art dissect conspiracy theories or immerse itself in them?
Can we reduce the manosphere to mental health?
Louis Theroux’s attempt to find the trauma that motivates androcratic influencers is unconvincing
Scotland’s cold and durable fire
John Swinney is proving that in politics what matters most is simply showing up
Hey, leftists, leave independent schools alone
The campaign against independent schools is irrational, short-sighted and destructive
Sexy sisters and holy hotties
Less Sister Simper, more Attila the Nun