Orchestra
And the band played on…
The appointment of a chief conductor little affects the general performance of an orchestra
High notes go wrong
Flying is a macho thing for musicians. It shows they are in demand and living the good life
High Drama on the Podium
Norman Lebrecht on the late, great Mariss Jansons who died on December 1st
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
Farewell to a gentle jazz-lover
Scholarship trumps zealotry, particularly when it is veiled by modesty
Critical briefing: local elections
Our political editor explains what to look out for in Thursday’s elections
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?
London is broken
Local politics can’t offer the renewal our nation’s capital desperately needs
The radical feminism—Christianity pipeline
For radical feminists, clarity about the realities of sex often opens onto a search for moral order
The sacrifice that changed Naipaul
The humiliation of his father, forced to slaughter a goat to atone for
angering Hindus, made the writer wary of insulting religion
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
How the sausage gets made
On the illusions of evidence-based policy
Andy Burnham’s devolution delusions
Think central government is the only problem? Look around you
The principles of peers
Supporters of assisted suicide are being sore losers