Naxos
Defying categorisation
Valentin Silvestrov: “… flowering over Lethe…” (ECM); Violin concerto (Naxos)
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The myth of banned books
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The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
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The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
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Saint Nicola
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Northern England is being framed in patronising reductionist terms
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Abstract activist concerns have overshadowed aesthetic production
Indefinite leave, unlimited access
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London is broken
Local politics can’t offer the renewal our nation’s capital desperately needs
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
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