Polish Culture
Anger and intuition
Mieczyslaw Weinberg: String quartets 6, 13, 15 (Chandos)
Polish strings
Grazyna Bacewicz: Symphonies 3 &4; Concerto for string orchestra (both on Chandos)
Don’t stop the music
How a legendary DJ was cancelled just for listening to women
Death by a thousand cuts
The near-invisibility of the Proms on BBC TV is a symptom of the collapse of public service broadcasting in Britain
From El-Alamein to Ukraine
How has the nature of warfare changed since World War Two?
William Warham
A champion of the English Church unfairly eclipsed by his great rivals Wolsey, Cranmer and Cromwell
Idiot voters
Badenoch’s team aren’t idiots. Not like the voters
God of God, Light of Light
Christmas should point us towards the eternal truths of the Nicene Creed
Let’s diversify the curriculum
If we really want diversity, we need to get more traditional
Alive and flicking
A game invented by a man named Adolph might have been a hard sell to the British public, but it was an instant hit
Sectarianism contra socialism
How did “left-wing” MPs end up voting for the VAT exemption for private schools?
The fading fumes of the New Right
None of the Tory candidates offer the chance of an ideological makeover
Hoorah for winter!
Life comes alive again in October when you can start anticipating proper National Hunt racing
