Reynaldo Hahn
Hahn and Gál: Music out of time
Two composers who stuck to their musical roots as the world turned
Reynaldo Hahn: Poèmes & Valses (Hyperion)
This unfamiliar collection is the most enjoyable piano album of the year so far
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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
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Facing demons
On the highs and lows of demonic infestation
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
Unionists should unite
It’s time to build alliances to ensure that unionists are not let down again
Beyond Carmen
Georges Bizet: The piano works (Hyperion)
The trans war on reality
Trans activists loudly trumpet a false mythology
of victimhood. In fact, trans people are more
likely to kill than be killed,
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
Leaving the ECHR would not make Britain like Russia
The case for opposing withdrawal is currently intellectually fatuous
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
Lost in translation
Attempting to understand the lives and thought of our ancestors can teach us about ourselves
Britain must maintain its cultural inheritance
We should not allow our masterpieces to disappear overseas