Robert Schumann
Schumann/Mahler: Symphonies 1&2 (Naxos)
Schumann cannot be ignored
The sound of love
Robert Schumann expresses the intense passion and despair of true love better than any other composer
Sexy simplicity
For February, try a palette cleanse
The Conservatives can still reform our cultural institutions
The Tories should cut the Blob down to size before Keir Starmer comes to power
Profile: Salvador Allende
Lionised by the Left, the Chilean president refused to moderate his Marxist aims in the face of economic chaos
Why should young people join the Army?
It should hardly be surprising that recruitment and retention are too low
War destroys everything
Alex Garland’s Civil War is filled with terror and horror
Hero of the hour
Giles Watling asked the question that was on nobody’s lips, as he rushed to the Prime Minister’s rescue
In praise of centibillionaires
When people are free to make a lot of money from new businesses, everybody wins
Davie, Davie, give us some answers do
Why the BBC keeps obscuring the truth of sex and gender
Brexit and the dubious doppelgangers
Doppelganger models are an unreliable guide to how Britain would have looked had Brexit never happened
The grand tour
Sex and the cities
Should we love the British economy we have?
As another UK steel mill closes, Stephen Bush’s plea for a white collar love-in felt ill-timed
