values
The personal has become far too political
Something has gone very wrong when we are acutely aware of politics
Is it still a wonderful life?
The values Frank Capra celebrated seem to be fading in our times
The idol of the age
The right should grasp the nettle of equality
Dark lessons from Canada
Once “assisted dying” is legal, the boundaries of what is permissible expand
Soporific Starmer
The Prime Minister appears to be making a virtue of his own dullness
Their generation
How young rockers became venerable sages
The bastard son of democratic aestheticisation
How Donald Trump made populism funny
Don’t bet on green energy
Groupthink has blinded us into backing solar and wind. Will a big short make us see sense?
An excess of Fauré
Gabriel Fauré: Violin concerto (Naxos), Complete piano works (Calliope)
Megalomania
Megalopolis is a gaudy, self-indulgent mess
The horrors of VAR
Technology is making the beautiful game less beautiful
Murders for November
Another mélange of murders, from Japan to Scotland
Light in the darkness
In conversation with Nigel Biggar about his career and the work of the Pharos Foundation
Forces of nature
Antonin Dvorak: Symphonies (Warner/Pentatone)
