Symphony
The Symphony’s Indian summer
Imagine hearing a symphony for the first time
Some composers are rightly obscure
There is a place for marginal composers — it’s on the margins
December-January Letters: Stereotyping the Afghans
Foreigners should not damn the Afghans with low expectations
We must resurrect the symphony
Or the orchestra will die with it
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The old age elephant in the room
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
Where are all the ambitious Scots?
Whole sectors were once dominated by Caledonian migrants
The real problem with rigmarole
A journalistic focus on proceduralism distracts us from deeper political questions
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks
Crisis? Watt crisis?
Renewable energy promises the gold at the end of a rainbow
The last of the fine arts
Hockney insisted on doing exactly as he pleased — and his cigarettes were as much a part of his artistic philosophy as his paintbrush.
The spy chief who sold us Blue Nun
Raise a glass to a long life, very well lived
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
The BBC needs competition
The scandal-ridden Beeb is doomed if it is not held to higher standards
The price is right
Stories about outrageously profligate eating have the appeal of scandal