Paul Hindemith
Hindemith: Wind sonatas (Warner)
Paul Hindemith’s music is extremely well-made, intelligent, civilised, and moderately witty — so why has it all but vanished?
Britten, Hindemith, RVW, Martinu (Claves)
The 1934 suite by Ralph Vaughan Williams demands a sympathy for the rolling contours of the English countryside
All smoke and no fire
An Impact Assessment on prohibiting cigarettes is unconvincing
In memory of Lord Cormack
Britain has lost a wise and dedicated public servant
Bumps in the road
British roads, like Britain itself, need a lot of maintenance work
Campus confidential
Inside the secret Cambridge societies hiding their unfashionable views
The Irish should reject the new hate speech bill
It threatens free speech while offering dubious benefits for society
The truth is out there
Henry Staunton is dismissed as dangerously “erratic” by the powers that be, but he may just be telling the truth, no matter how weird
A Labour of unrequited love
It will take more than vague apologetic gestures to redeem the Labour Party
How capitalism gave women leisure
Feminist anti-capitalists are spinning delusions about economic history
The sculptor’s funeral
The death of Imogen Stuart represents the passing of an Ireland that built, rather than destroyed
Sloane danger
Obvious, expensive and tasteless, Azzurra’s food perfectly echoes Mr Angell’s ambience
Tragicomedy at the UN
The limp United Nations cannot be trusted to support the victims of tyranny
