Music
Classical musicians should spread their wings
We need more collaboration and more experimentation for classical music to flourish
Vivid nostalgia
The Cunning Little Vixen, Irish National Opera, Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo
Baroness Chakrabarti is living in a world of make believe
No, drill rap is not comparable to mafia films and country music songs
A cherishable dream
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius (Hyperion)
An austere opera
Boris Godunov, Royal Opera
The end of UK drill
A genre based on sensational violence is simply fizzling out
Small chips off an old block
Soulima Stravinsky (Nimbus)
David Bowie was a political shapeshifter
The pop enigma veered between the far right and the right on
Adulterating Amadeus
A new series does an injustice to Mozart, Shaffer, Forman and TV in general
Expensive thrills
Turandot, Royal Opera
Most Read
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
What is the CID for?
Zac Brettler’s short life and mysterious death
Britain should have voted against reparations
The moral and historical arguments for “reparatory justice” are bogus
Vandalising the law
Activists and politicians should respect the law even if they don’t like it
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting
First-place Finnish
Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
Peston’s Inbox
Kemi doesn’t give her kids Easter eggs
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”