Ralph van Raat
No relationship with the keyboard
Pierre Boulez/Alfred Schnittke: Piano works (Naxos/BIS)
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James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
Murders for May
From the spa resort of Buddington to the streets of Tokyo
Bypassing the parasites
Too often, lawyers add little to business transactions except delays and questionable costs
The name game
Nominative determinism is a rich seam to be mined in sport
Parade of defeats
Armenia is a democracy tearing itself apart over who gets to define the soul of a nation
An artful chip
Any penalty is at heart a psychological battle between taker and keeper
How the Boat Race sank
Yet another great British tradition is disappearing beneath the waters of history
Saint Sánchez?
How the Spanish Left uses the Right to hold power
First-place Finnish
Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)