Seiji Ozawa
The Boston barbarians
The Boston Symphony acted like a New Orleans nightclub owner with a recalcitrant pole-dancer
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
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Tame Impala fails to impress
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taste of Crusader food
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Night of the big bins
How Count Binface changed the face of Britain forever
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
Laughing to hide the tears
Beware: prime ministerial jokes ahead
Hey, Starmer, leave those kids alone
Banning under-16s from social media is more prohibitionist stupidity
Gregory Halting
Procrastinator extraordinaire
North Korea’s rogue state development
How Kim Jong Un is embracing the modern world
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
A revolutionary king
The monarch’s vision of “harmony” will have lasting impact
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
The generation delusion
Chris Bayliss and Henry Hill are joined by the Reverend Marcus Walker to discuss intergenerational responsibility
The Bible in the dock
Free speech for Christians is still under assault
Why Brexit was right
Bad decisions have been made since we voted to leave but we were still right to leave