Rosh Hashanah
Celebrating Rosh Hashanah in lockdown
The coronavirus pandemic continues to disrupt the traditions of Jewish festivals
Are Jewish students really afraid of the Freedom of Speech Act?
Some of have raised concerns, yes, but generalisations are wrong and unhelpful
A macabre sense of humour
Ligeti, Bartok: String quartets (BIS)
British libel laws are a SLAPP in the face to press freedom
We need major liberalisation of libel law
Invasion literature
It couldn’t happen here. Right?
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
The dam of Spanish eco-politics creaks
Will no death toll make elites reconsider green overreach?
The bastard son of democratic aestheticisation
How Donald Trump made populism funny
Subscribe to save the BBC
A radical new solution to the problem of the BBC’s outmoded licence fee that could ensure more high-quality programming
A rebel advance in Syria is nothing to cheer
You don’t have to sympathise with Assad to think that the alternative would be worse
A full-blooded blow-out
Kurt Weill: Symphonies, Seven Deadly Sins (DG)
Autumn Reeves
It was a grim budget — but was it a necessary one?
