Sergei Babayan
Rachmaninov: Preludes, Etudes (DG)
Babayan’s Rachmninov is remarkable is its absence of obvious virtuosity
We’re all living in America
Britain’s elite is obsessed with Trump and the States, when it needs to concentrate on the Home Front
Long story short
Movie length seems to have become a way for directors to tell us what serious people they are
The scandal of screens
Parents are ill-equipped to fight the power of Big Tech over children’s lives — they desperately need the law to be on their side
Good for the sole
April calls for a recipe that combines the incoming and departing treats
The slick glide through the institutions
When values are outsourced to third-party organisations, everybody suffers
The Irish should reject the new hate speech bill
It threatens free speech while offering dubious benefits for society
It’s time to stop the rot
Students denounced, lecturers cowed and managers with little interest in truth
Whisperings of the cruel sea
Britten: Concertos (Orfeo)
In the name of God, lead
The Prime Minister appears terrified of making a stand against racism in his own party
Campus confidential
Inside the secret Cambridge societies hiding their unfashionable views