Peter Pears
Mahler’s pioneers
Walter Goehr and Willem Mengelberg revive Mahler’s genius
Why Tony Hinchcliffe’s jokes didn’t work
It is very hard to blend comedy and politics
“Trope” is not a synonym of “lie”
You cannot dismiss an argument by calling it a trope
A beguiling star who loved melodrama
Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics
Francis Bacon’s visceral language
Pain and pleasure are never far away in these portraits
50 years ago…
Ali dances, bounces, beckons Foreman on, matador against bull
Let’s start a cat flap
Why do cute predators get a pass from conservationists?
The attractions of extremes
Are we going to become ever more passive consumers of other people’s thoughts and memories?
Academic freedom needs legal safeguards
Violations of academic freedom are endangering the progress of knowledge and the pursuit of truth
The iconoclast’s last defence
Artistic excuses for Just Stop Oil are confused and opportunistic
Enjoy some old Baileys
Few literary activities could give quite so much pleasure as reading the work of this brilliant but overlooked novelist
Lightweight Kate Winslet
Our most versatile of English roses must accept that one role is beyond even her
