Ralph Vaughan Williams
Worthy instrument
York Bowen, Willam Walton: Viola concertos (SWR Music)
Ralph Vaughan Williams: 5th symphony/Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress (Hyperion)
Symphonies to give you hope and vision
Britten, Hindemith, RVW, Martinu (Claves)
The 1934 suite by Ralph Vaughan Williams demands a sympathy for the rolling contours of the English countryside
A bore film
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is not just ahistorical, it is dull
The warp and weft of women’s history
This synthesising project downplays the variety of experience amongst ancient women
Plague and progress
In the 17th century, disease drove social and urban change in England
Fleeing Sally Rooney’s god
Why have critics been ignoring one of the novelist’s most important themes?
Is Scottish independence really dead?
Labour’s “more devolution” policy will only strengthen the cause in the long term
Neither beautiful, nor true
The new Fourth Plinth commission creates moral and artistic confusion
Some picture-perfect restorations
What we were seeing looked as good as it would have at its premiere
World Government or Peoples’ Governments?
As the nation state system falters, we are faced with a choice between centre and periphery
Just the tonic
Rediscover the forgotten treasure of Australia: fortified wines
Sausage to fortune
Vague promises might haunt Starmer more than an embarrassing gaffe