Singing
A captivating northern star
If Lise Davidsen sneezes, the opera world shuts down
Disbanding St John’s Voices would be cultural vandalism
Modern bureaucrats should leave our choirs alone
Save St John’s Voices
The glorious tradition of British choral singing should be defended
Will Starmer’s immigration gambit backfire?
The prime minister might have opened a box that he cannot close
Making a difference
Over the past five years we’ve been keeping things civilised
We must resurrect the symphony
Or the orchestra will die with it
The grim quasi-religious doctrine of “unconscious bias training”
Baroness Royall’s commitment to the idea should concern Oxford students, academics and administrators
The dismal state of British defence
The UK’s defence strategy is a combination of hope and vibes
Franco-Irish vigour
Augusta Holmès: Symphonic poems (CPO)
Post-truth medicine
Gender clinics offer a charade that relies on the symbols of evidence-based medicine
The great British giveaway
The handover of the Chagos Islands reflects a wider lack of realism in UK foreign policy
David Lammy’s Caucasus catastrophe
The Foreign Secretary’s blunder has exposed the hollowness of “progressive realism”
A craven surrender
The handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius represents a mindless and unjust capitulation to a foreign power
Knife-edge of the Western world
Vilnius is a serene western capital on a critical eastern frontier
