Norman Lebrecht
Nino Rota: Chamber music (Alpha)
Norman Lebrecht gifts five stars for this “astonishing” revival of work from the late, great film composer, Nino Rota
White male conservatives for identity politics
Kemi Badenoch’s supporters should have fewer illusions
A bleak midwinter
For fans watching QPR struggle for the past two decades, it feels like the club is cursed
Bursting the myth of the “people’s war”
The Home Guard was not a nation-in-arms of the Jacobin kind
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
Do our leaders understand the power grid at all?
It seems as if basic facts are being completely ignored
It’s the economy, stupid
The US election was another reminder of people’s biggest political priority
The failure of the Irish nerve
Politicians are not acting and the public are not forcing them to act
Nigel’s knees-up
Can Reform become a serious contender for power?
Can Macron survive?
France appears to be becoming ungovernable
Afrocentrism with a Labour twist
Dawn Butler’s Black History Month video was disturbing as well as weird
Dark lessons from Canada
Once “assisted dying” is legal, the boundaries of what is permissible expand
