Water
The Bard at Christmas
It is impossible to appreciate Shakespeare without acknowledging his Christian foundations
A bleak midwinter
For fans watching QPR struggle for the past two decades, it feels like the club is cursed
Complex fractions
Where is the joy and the reward of owning a fractional share in individual art?
A full-blooded blow-out
Kurt Weill: Symphonies, Seven Deadly Sins (DG)
On the awfulness of liberals
The Lords must put the Leadbeater bill to sleep
In a manor of shrieking
One haunted house has an infamy above all others: McKamey Manor, in the USA
Don’t patronise female students
It’s insulting to think that women have to be treated with kid gloves
Let’s start a cat flap
Why do cute predators get a pass from conservationists?
Biden’s legacy of escalation
His last decisions could determine the state of global politics
In defence of Michael Foran
Do not confuse the intensity of trolls for righteousness
A macabre sense of humour
Ligeti, Bartok: String quartets (BIS)