Ombudsman
Healthcare Needs an Ombudsman
Public healthcare needs public accountability
Hail Mary
A Bloody Mary is perfect at almost any time of day and in every kind of weather
Ferdinand Ries: Piano Trio and Sextets (Hyperion)
Ludwig van Beethoven’s former secretary and pupil was no forgettable curiosity
Gustav Mahler: 4th symphony (Pentatone)
A new recording of Mahler’s smallest symphony is “indispensable” to connoisseurs of his music
Spring into bling
Post-pandemic life is a party
The rise and fall of slavery in the Caribbean
Professor Jeremy Black on the reality of the slave economy created by the Caribbean’s European colonisers
Godunov for me
Ignoring Russian opera — and, in particular, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov — is a mistake
King Leer
Johnson is approaching the Raving On A Heath stage of his leadership
Le Pen surging as France prepares to go to the polls
France’s establishment parties are nowhere in Sunday’s election
Rolling back into town
The world’s greatest band return to Liverpool — do they still have it?
Stormont desperately needs reform
The interests of Northern Irish voters are being sacrificed to the perceived needs of the peace process
Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata No 1 / Moments Musicaux
A new release of Rachmaninov’s first piano sonata deserves more than five stars