Timothy Ridout
Britten, Hindemith, RVW, Martinu (Claves)
The 1934 suite by Ralph Vaughan Williams demands a sympathy for the rolling contours of the English countryside
Off with the fairies
Unsurprisingly, the most brilliant of all English music-theatre pieces are mostly overlooked
Common prayer
Britain, and her monarchy, have a language fitted for times of joy and sorrow alike — so why does the Church of England make such poor use of our traditional liturgy?
Could it be magic?
Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa by Anthony Grafton
How trans activists captured the hate crime agenda
The “hate crime” agenda is based on bad policing and worse politics
The untalented Mx. Ripley
In a story of a fiendishly successful performance, Eliot Sumner proved an extremely unconvincing man
The return of Spencerian liberalism
Richard Hanania is a figure of fun for many, but he represents a broader return to liberalism’s sinister origins
Sleepwalking towards abolishing abortion law
How can a crime be a crime if it implies no consequences?
The case for Christian converts
Don’t let allegedly bogus conversions cause you to forget that real ones exist
The lies of Sinn Fein
Sectarian smears against Unionists have been exposed as the falsehoods they always were. Will anyone bother to say sorry?
Budgets are overrated
Taxation and spending make little difference while Britain is unable to build