Richard Strauss
Mood music from the past
A confidential matter: the letters of Richard Strauss and Stefan Zweig, 1931-1935
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Let there be lightness
Black Comedy is best viewed as a breathtakingly accomplished technical exercise
Restore the King James Bible
Those who are opposed, please consider, in the bowels of Christ, whether you may be mistaken
Devolution has been a disaster
Wales, and the United Kingdom at large, are weaker for the devolution project
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken
Britain needs the Med mindset
We have to adapt to the sweatier realities of a changing climate
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
First time thrills
Most of all, it was a tournament of heroes and villains
Critical briefing: cuckooing
A hidden scourge has been plaguing British streets for too long
At a loose end
We are making young adults un-ready for work
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change