Shostakovich
An essential record
Norman Lebrecht reviews Shostakovich: Violin concertos 1&2, performed by Alina Ibragimova and the State Symphony Orchestra of Russia
Britain should stand up to Mauritius
The British Government must make it clear that it will not allow a foreign country to threaten British citizens
Against Britain’s two-tier policing
Street preachers should not be arrested for offending people
Arresting the fertility crisis
Britain needs more babies — and it is far from alone
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
The F-word
A serious accusation should be treated with appropriate seriousness
Britain’s twilight war
The UK is fighting an unwinnable conflict in a world that it doesn’t understand, without plan or purpose
The best of The Rest Is …
Sequel podcasts are emerging with the inevitability of sprouts from an old potato
Let the blood-letting begin
The Conservative Party must change radically if it is ever to gain power again
Dark rumblings at the RIBA
Secretive shenanigans concerning the future home of its drawings collection arouse concern about the wisdom of the governance of the RIBA
Beheading a pigeon
For all its quirks, bushcraft offered valuable insights into modernity and tradition
The Conservative betrayal of selective schooling
Grammar schools are great — but there are not enough of them
