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Bird man of Finland
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Cantus arcticus/Hugo Alfven: Gustav II Adolf (Chandos)
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
A day out at Unite the Kingdom
Tommy Robinson’s latest demonstration was a peculiarly hammy affair
Questionably loyal opposition
A “rainbow coalition” between Conservatives and the Greens raises questions about the state of the Tories
Legal curiosities
The pursuit of justice in small or atypical jurisdictions has sometimes led to some unusual legal quandaries
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
The hollow men
T. S. Eliot understood contemporary politicians better than they understand themselves
Stop saying sectarianism
Britain’s emerging politics are not really sectarian at all, but the result of neo-communal fragmentation
Jolly boating weather
The Gondoliers, English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire
Eat less chicken
Industrial farming is bad for the environment but it is also cruel
Wilde times at the country house
Gerald Barry’s outrageous The Importance of Being Earnest manages to overmatch the virtuoso original
A mean mood in Makerfield
Reform have enthusiasm, but quiet Labour voters could still swing it for Burnham
When art took on fascism (and lost)
Abstract activist concerns have overshadowed aesthetic production