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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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Tony Blair cannot escape politics
And our politics cannot escape from Tony Blair
Britain in 1776
What does it mean to be living through history?
A day out at Unite the Kingdom
Tommy Robinson’s latest demonstration was a peculiarly hammy affair
No bullshit government
Tom Jones grills the shadow minister for
policy renewal about the plans of a
future Tory administration
Reclaiming the rule of law
The rule of law was meant to protect liberty — not to be weaponised against democracy
Hard rain in Spain
Domestic scandal has rocketed back to the forefront of Spanish politics
Labour’s battle of egos
There is little love left to lose between those plotting regicide in Downing Street
Pärtly good
Arvo Pärt: 4 symphonies (Chandos)
The Farage flounce
A joke that worked, and an exit that didn’t.
The ephemeral Farage
Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished
We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe