Valentin Silvestrov
Defying categorisation
Valentin Silvestrov: “… flowering over Lethe…” (ECM); Violin concerto (Naxos)
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
Woke politics was never trivial
Wokeness was a lot more, and a lot worse, than a passing online fad
Tony Blair is an extremist
He should have left public life long ago
Homage to Zaporizhia and Sumy
Horror continues in Ukraine — but the tide could be turning
Truth and consequences for ministers
Former Ministers should be hauled back before MPs to justify their poor decisions
Wunderbar wines
The love affair between British and German wine is an ancient one
Fast out of the blocs
how to acquire an
art collection quickly
Jonathan Ross’s existentialist hell
Jonathan Ross’s “crass” new TV show is surprisingly Sartrean
Bonfire of the fallacies
Two opposing ideas about hard power and foreign policy — legalism and nihilism — are being exposed by the Trump
administration
A day out at Unite the Kingdom
Tommy Robinson’s latest demonstration was a peculiarly hammy affair
The strange birth of woo-woo
The glitzy LA supermarket chain and the Buddhist food cult behind your wellness smoothie
The warlords’ insolence
The Americans must stop blaming Europe for their own mistake