Musical Instruments
In praise of the viola
Cantabile: Anthems for viola (Delphian)
The enigma of Englishness
The English have debated their national nature for centuries
Representation gets raunchy
We have to stop the patronising pandering to communities in the name of “representation”
Newsnight and the rapist
The BBC should be embarrassed by its careless coverage of a man who has now been convicted of rape
How we killed ideas and kept impressions
We have to rediscover ideas and not just the idea of ideas
British universities have a China problem
The increasing influence of the CCP is a threat to free inquiry and free expression
Scratches in the stonework of history
A new history of graffiti and rebellion is less light and bawdy than one may have expected
Murders for April
April is the cruellest month, breeding detective fiction out of the dry land
The greats’ Dane
The story of Burton and Gielgud’s famed Broadway production of Hamlet has been turned into a West End play
Dear Keir, get real
Instead of announcing grand new doctrines, it’s time for a very British realism