Sack
Et tu Baker?
Steve Baker’s call for Dominic Cummings to be sacked is a dramatic intervention
The Conservatives can still reform our cultural institutions
The Tories should cut the Blob down to size before Keir Starmer comes to power
The light and the insubstantial
Poulenc and others: Chamber music (Calliope/DG)
Explaining the gender gap in politics
Why men and women have been marching in different ideological directions
Has Israel walked into a forever war?
A brutal conflict seems unlikely to be winnable any time soon
The sad decline of London pubs
Or, why the hell can I not get a drink after 9?
A great conductor leaves the stage
No conductor from China or Japan ever commanded world orchestras before Seiji Ozawa, and none has since matched his impact
The government is failing Northern Ireland
Its reputation will be stained forever by the Northern Ireland Protocol and the Windsor Framework
Preparing for the worst
How gender critical commentators are preparing for the impact of the Hate Crime and Public Order Act
Disbanding St John’s Voices would be cultural vandalism
Modern bureaucrats should leave our choirs alone
They like her when she’s angry
Kemi Badenoch is the Incredible Hulk of government ministers, roaring her way through the public realm, smashing opponents left and right