Shostakovich
An essential record
Norman Lebrecht reviews Shostakovich: Violin concertos 1&2, performed by Alina Ibragimova and the State Symphony Orchestra of Russia
BoJo’s Life of Johnson
Exclusive extracts of perhaps the best autobiography by a former Conservative prime minister called Boris
“Bold vision”
An action or choice can perfectly well be bold without being good
Only the truly privileged can be cultural relativists
It is easy not to judge appalling cultural practices from a distance
Anti-Christian persecution is an international problem
Britain should use its diplomatic influence to help
William Warham
A champion of the English Church unfairly eclipsed by his great rivals Wolsey, Cranmer and Cromwell
The first victim of empire
England is an ongoing casualty of the British imperial project
The dam of Spanish eco-politics creaks
Will no death toll make elites reconsider green overreach?
The DUP aren’t tough negotiators
The party that claimed to stand up for unionists capitulated at every turn
Gunther Fehlinger-Jahn, European
Where does shitposting end and statesmanship begin?
Complex fractions
Where is the joy and the reward of owning a fractional share in individual art?
Aggers declares — the end of an era
It has been an assured innings, and a long one
