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
In defence of reading diaries
We experience people at their most depressed and their most joyful; their most selfish and their most generous
The German threat to English exceptionalism
As England prepare to face the “old enemy” at Wembley, its impact on the nation’s mood — and our wider politics — cannot be underestimated
What’s it like to have a home? Part II
Decades later, I remembered my mother’s mental patients
Courts shouldn’t ban clinical treatments
This is a win for common sense, not the trans lobby
Only collect
The key to successful selling is to cultivate collectors
Obscured by bias and opinion
When the news no longer feels like the news
Where does American strategy go from here?
What are the strategic options for American defence policy following the Afghanistan withdrawal?
Cold War rematch
The winners of the Cold War turned out to be the authoritarians, not the democrats
Reshuffle Live
Liz Truss replaces Dominic Raab as Foreign Secretary
Redefining the rule of law
How much will MPs allow the Lord Chancellor to “rebalance” the constitution?