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
Labour’s economic plans are a disaster waiting to happen
They won’t save the planet and they won’t save the economy
The illusion of normality in Nikopol
Determination and death on the front lines of Ukraine
Latte populism
Nigel Farage wanders over to the wrong side of the tracks, clutching his coffee
Whither the RIBA’s drawings?
Maverick John Harris embarked on the closest Britain has ever got to an architecture museum
Foxy old Labour
Going after private schools would be an act of pointless institutional vandalism
Peers but not equals
Ferdinand Ries: Symphonies 1&2 (Ondine); Franz Clement: Solo violin works (Naxos)
Pushing the boundaries
The map of the world is likely to be redrawn, thanks to the decline of post war Pax Americana, an expansionist Russia and China, and the push for ethnic sovereignty
British spies and the IRA
Blair, Clinton, Ahern et al were credited with putting together the Northern Ireland peace deal, but 800 British agents also played their part
The new Ottomans
The fall and rise of Istanbul under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Only Joe Biden can save America
He needs to keep reminding the American public that unless they vote for him they are evil and racist