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Strange brew
The joy of letting unexpected, accidental music in
Notes from a client kingdom
Britain is a sad sunless satrapy of the American empire
It’s grim up north
Is the Northman alt-right propaganda? Perhaps, but it’s not the only one
Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Cello Works and Piano Sonatas
If you want an entry point to Weinberg, this is it
Getting wrecked
Dame Ethel Smyth’s opera dated quickly, but it hardly hurts to have another look at it
Kino Kyiv
What to watch inform yourself about the rich Ukrainian cinematic tradition
Has the Tory left deserted Northern Ireland?
Conservatives must stop backing the disastrous NI protocol
Terrorism in prisons
A new report opens the lid on a growing problem
Is banning conversion therapy legal?
Government plans still have serious questions of law to answer
Stirring the melting pot
Ethnicity pay gap reporting is a terrible idea, so why won’t it go away?
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphonies 7 & 9 (Hallé)
VW will never catch on beyond Anglophiles — ask not the reason why
Grace in the face of prejudice
Gwendolyn Brooks’s Maud Martha has been published in Britain for the first time