Spending
Budgets are overrated
Taxation and spending make little difference while Britain is unable to build
The NHS need not depend on immigration
The shortage of British trainees is the result of a political choice
(DTB) Don’t Trust Boris
The former prime minister is up to his old tricks
Composed and electrifying
Klaus Tennstedt: The Radio Broadcasts (Doremi, 4CDs)
Pilot, playboy, player
This portrait of a gifted and not particularly pleasant man adds another feather to the author’s hat
For Heaven’s sake, not Robert Jenrick
He’s the ideal candidate if you want the Conservatives to lose
Good, mostly clean, fun
The Boys from Syracuse, Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Great big rain showers
C Schumann/Grieg: Piano concertos (Signum)
The election is still Trump’s to lose
His performance has been weak but his advantages are many
Violence is a feature of porn, not a bug
Aggression towards women permeates the most popular pornography
Southport and the inescapability of politics
There is nothing essentially wrong with talking about immigration