Oil Companies
Of profits and progress
Don’t blame oil companies for obstacles on the path to clean energy
Musical no man’s lands
Two violin concertos fail to inspire
WW3 and the end of history
The age of world wars is past, the age of global civil war has come
On conservative despair
It is hard to escape the sense of tremendous national loss
In memory of Lord Cormack
Britain has lost a wise and dedicated public servant
The other Camus
The controversial author’s work is filled not just with anger but with autumnal regret
The light and the insubstantial
Poulenc and others: Chamber music (Calliope/DG)
Arresting the fertility crisis
Britain needs more babies — and it is far from alone
Sunak, false equivalence and the phantom far right
There is no comparison between the threat of Islamism and the threat of the far right
The best of The Rest Is …
Sequel podcasts are emerging with the inevitability of sprouts from an old potato