Privilege
Only the truly privileged can be cultural relativists
It is easy not to judge appalling cultural practices from a distance
Do hurt people hurt people?
This popular cliché attempts to be generous but ends up implying that victims are tainted
Male, pale and stale?
The supposedly privileged cannot win
Not child’s play…
Patrick Galbraith says hunting would benefit youngsters
Keir’s woetanical garden
Labour still don’t understand the scale of the reforms that are needed
Gifted children
How does one wrap a bank transfer?
An excess of Fauré
Gabriel Fauré: Violin concerto (Naxos), Complete piano works (Calliope)
The tragedy of Radio 3
The centenary “celebration” of the BBC Singers summed up everything that has gone wrong
A constructive opposition
The age of Badenoch is off to a suitably farcical start
Piano in wartime
War poems (Somm)
Is Donald Trump the new Hillary Clinton?
His campaign is failing to reach out to enough voters
Why was I the only reporter?
On the sentencing of the Rotherham grooming gang
Imagine there’s no Gove
Who’s in the room matters, and there were some which would have been better off without Michael Gove
Must-Miss TV
Your regular Critic round-up of the hottest shows and films.
Could there be a Reform revolution?
Reform’s Welsh Conference brimmed with optimism — but can that be translated into success?
