Music
Tapping into history
As soon as you enter Idagio.com you can kiss your working day goodbye
The politics of the Pet Shop Boys
How the electronic dance duo made more than a minimal contribution to music
High notes go wrong
Flying is a macho thing for musicians. It shows they are in demand and living the good life
Fiddling while Canterbury burns
The new proposals from the Archbishops’ Commission for Racial Justice are depressingly wrongheaded
Keir-y-e-Liason
Rob tries to stay awake at the Liazzzzzzon committee
There is no “Woke Right”
A new attempt to delineate the boundaries of acceptable opinion has failed
Poor conduct
Shostakovich: Symphonies 4-6 (Decca)
Killing time
Parliament is making the world a better place, one death at a time
Britain should get serious about organised crime
We underestimate how much crime is the work of small, nasty groups of people
Donald Trump is a wake-up call for Europe
We cannot complacently depend on the US
Spotify Wrapped is good for the soul
On the joys of exploring a year in music
Gunther Fehlinger-Jahn, European
Where does shitposting end and statesmanship begin?
Portugal and the missing goats
The roots of environmental disasters can be odder than they look
Calm down, dears!
Donald Trump offers no threat to Britain’s core ideological commitments and is unlikely to radically change U.S. foreign policy
