Pierre Boulez
Tranquil and haunted
Arvo Pärt: And I heard a voice (ECM)
No relationship with the keyboard
Pierre Boulez/Alfred Schnittke: Piano works (Naxos/BIS)
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Soft-Play Britain
Britain’s governing class talks of growth and grandeur but focuses on planters and paint schemes
The right does need religion
Christianity is politically valuable as well as, you know, true
A magnificent navy on land
The state of the British Armed Forces triumphantly vindicates Parkinson’s Law
Remembering 2020
It is important to remember what an irrational and hostile time it was
Why does Labour hate our pubs?
The government has to stop taxing the hearts of our communities out of business
Murders for June
Bodies in Brighton and spies in Scotland are features of our first crop of summer murder mysteries
Are automated auctions on the way?
New technology has a double edge
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
AI podcasts give me the creeps
The more we outsource to AI, the more forgettable our cultural output is going to be
The Real shooting match
Cue the bogus platitudes that leaders make about sport’s ability to heal divisions
A.E. Housman
The poet is less read than he once was but his deep love of England still resonates