Seiji Ozawa
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
What is behind the ECHR debate?
We should stop pretending that moral disagreements can be reduced to technical debates
Post-truth medicine
Gender clinics offer a charade that relies on the symbols of evidence-based medicine
The day of the DfIDs
The real problem with foreign aid
Debunking the decline deniers
Armed police at Christmas markets are a bad sign however you look at it
Not a dull phrase
Ethel Smyth: 2nd sonata &c (Delphian)
Francis Bacon’s visceral language
Pain and pleasure are never far away in these portraits
The failure of the Irish nerve
Politicians are not acting and the public are not forcing them to act
Kim Leadbeater’s “safeguards” won’t keep people safe
The proposed legal hurdles are effectively useless
Into the setting sun…
Next summer, head west to Pembrokeshire
Starmer’s tax will hurt children
It is not just a tax, it is cruel theft
Iranian women deserve more support
Self-styled internationalists are failing them
