Valentin Silvestrov
Defying categorisation
Valentin Silvestrov: “… flowering over Lethe…” (ECM); Violin concerto (Naxos)
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There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
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He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The hitch with the Hitch
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Zack Polanski’s war on carrots
Cheap food is not evidence of exploitation but of competition — something Adam Smith understood long before Zack Polanski
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
Murders for July
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Deciphering the royal dress code
Fashion, in royal hands, became a form of branding
A massive cross-party achievement
The new V&A East Museum has surpassed all expectations
It’s high time we banned dogs
The tide is turning against these slobbering beasts
A range of Stratford anecdotes
The Walliams dilemma
How to get Britain building
A new policy paper proves that the government can beat bureaucratic sclerosis if it wants to
Pretending obligatory is “voluntary”
There is no better way to destroy people’s independence and probity
AI, religion and AI religion
Pope Leo is right to push back against the prophets of AI supremacy and AI doom
The Islamists’ young recruits
Islamist networks are increasingly targeting children, and the British state refuses to acknowledge the problem