Russian Culture
What became of Tchaikovsky?
Tchaikovsky: 5th symphony etc (ICA Classics)
The perversity of the Oasis reunion
The cultural optimism of the nineties has been lost
Don’t bet on green energy
Groupthink has blinded us into backing solar and wind. Will a big short make us see sense?
Hush, nepo baby
Such colourful champions of free speech should be treasured rather than ridiculed
On the death of pets
It is not losing a human, but it is losing a loved one
Shades of Gray
Never underestimate the mysterious yet powerful Sue Gray
Cynical in Venezuela
The corruption and incompetence of its political system seeps into the soul
An open letter on academic free speech
Calls for more intellectual openness are not a defence of Islamists and Holocaust deniers. A response to Mark Ferguson MP
Bonfire of the verities
Plotting a path through the new politics
Impressive yet unmoving
Franz Schmidt: 4 symphonies (Naxos)
Up-and-down towns
The rise and fall of English towns in the 1960s and 80s
Keir’s junk politics
Keir Starmer is trying to reform the public, not the NHS
