Reynaldo Hahn
Reynaldo Hahn: Poèmes & Valses (Hyperion)
This unfamiliar collection is the most enjoyable piano album of the year so far
Disbanding St John’s Voices would be cultural vandalism
Modern bureaucrats should leave our choirs alone
Put the money back into politics
Business and politics rubbed along much better before restrictions were introduced
British universities have a China problem
The increasing influence of the CCP is a threat to free inquiry and free expression
The best of The Rest Is …
Sequel podcasts are emerging with the inevitability of sprouts from an old potato
Disposable women?
Middle-aged women are routinely ignored and dismissed by society — it is time for that to change
Save St John’s Voices
The glorious tradition of British choral singing should be defended
And the band played on
Cash crisis in the arts — what’s new?
How dark can humour be?
Laughter — even laughter about morbid things — is part of what makes us human
Motorway-mania
Britain in the age of the automobile
Consider the way of the tiger
We should learn lessons from Japan as we start to face our own demographic crunch
How did Conservative modernisation go?
David Cameron’s “A-List” has turned out to be second-rate
