Ukraine
What happened to British realpolitik?
Britain needs strategic realism and foresight, and most importantly, new thought leaders
The 21st century Bolshevik
Brexit showed the ruling elite is still terrified by Trotsky’s ideas of working class upheaval
Life amid the ruins
Any captured, destroyed city, offers the same problems for the new owners
The downfall of the podcast-industrial complex
How did some of our finest podcasters get the election so wrong?
A book about nothing
A new collection from Adrian Chiles is certainly curious
Countdown to energy apocalypse
What will happen when the wind doesn’t blow?
Francis Bacon’s visceral language
Pain and pleasure are never far away in these portraits
More than just noise
Berg, Schoenberg, Webern: Piano works (Warner)
How to be anti-woke without being weird
There is a thin but vital line to tread
Hi-energy nutrients
Schoenfield, Vivier, Bartok &c (Accentus Music)
When the farmers took on Starmer
It was an inspiring day in London as farmers resisted Labour’s class warfare