Sibelius
Sibelius: Symphonies 3&5 (Alpha-Classics)
There’s a new burst of steam from the sauna
Jean Sibelius: Orchestral songs (LAWO)
The themes are cruel and cold
Sibelius: 7 symphonies and Tapiola (Decca)
A fresh, ambitious and daring approach to the familiar Finn
Fiddling while Canterbury burns
The new proposals from the Archbishops’ Commission for Racial Justice are depressingly wrongheaded
Accidental Orientalism
Britain has been reduced to selling a cheap simulacrum of its history
The grand Budapest hotel
The Hungarian Prime Minister’s office gives Orbán the space to think
End of the Long Peace?
Our technological and institutional sophistication will not eliminate conflict
How the Navy built Britain
Culmination of a magisterial work that entwines the story of the Royal Navy with the scientific, cultural and social history of our nation
Booze or muse?
Composers have been no slouches when it comes to the sauce
Eighteen questions for Kim Leadbeater
Questions that all MPs should be asking
You were warned
Badenoch’s election means bad news for the Tories
Spotify Wrapped is good for the soul
On the joys of exploring a year in music
Thou shalt not pray?
The British state is ruthlessly prosecuting thoughtcrime
Doublespeak about assisted suicide
The campaign for assisted suicide is distinctly Orwellian
