Shadow Cabinet
I Am Drama, says Starmer
“Here, have Yvette Cooper,” said 2008
Rebecca Long Bailey – classroom warrior
On schools policy, Keir Starmer is no heir to Blair
The downfall of the podcast-industrial complex
How did some of our finest podcasters get the election so wrong?
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)
It’s the money supply, stupid
How the Keynesian blinkers of Democrat economists led to a second Trump victory
Conservatives can no longer trust institutions
Institutions are only as effective as the people within them and the culture beyond them
Transformation of a wasteland
Surviving buildings lend texture to the development, a sense of it having a history
A craven surrender
The handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius represents a mindless and unjust capitulation to a foreign power
Junk food? More like junk statistics
New claims about the costs of obesity are wildly exaggerated
Impressive yet unmoving
Franz Schmidt: 4 symphonies (Naxos)
Embrace uncool Britannia
Warhammer is a barnstorming British success, so why the lack of recognition?
The great British giveaway
The handover of the Chagos Islands reflects a wider lack of realism in UK foreign policy
St. Vincent
The acclaim is excessive but the talent undeniable
