Peter Pears
Mahler’s pioneers
Walter Goehr and Willem Mengelberg revive Mahler’s genius
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
Lessons from the Argentinians
There is little value in complaining about foul play if you cannot win
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich
Haskel’s challenge
Andy Burnham does not have much time to kickstart growth
A slow Burnham
Andy Burnham is not from London. Have we mentioned that he is not from London?
The problem with Palantir
The software company is attempting to redefine politics for the worse
Vandalising the law
Activists and politicians should respect the law even if they don’t like it
Why must everything move to Manchester?
Northern England is being framed in patronising reductionist terms
Hector Savage
How to account for this sudden access of celebrity?
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions
When art took on fascism (and lost)
Abstract activist concerns have overshadowed aesthetic production