Welsh Assembly
The astonishing success of the ‘Votes at 16’ campaign
Votes for sixteen year olds is coming
The right-on, left-wing oppressors
A flaw in the design of academic studies makes the Left appear less authoritarian than the Right
Francis Bacon’s visceral language
Pain and pleasure are never far away in these portraits
Life amid the ruins
Any captured, destroyed city, offers the same problems for the new owners
Leave our pubs alone
New public health proposals are missing the pint
Stolen moments
Smoking is a precious social currency in a fast atomising world
50 years ago…
Ali dances, bounces, beckons Foreman on, matador against bull
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)
Fabian fry-up
After last night’s disco, a very hungover conference is ready for a hearty plate of social democracy
Their generation
How young rockers became venerable sages
Megalomania
Megalopolis is a gaudy, self-indulgent mess
When the music stopped
A reflection on the inexorable decline of arts education and the rise of knee-jerk politics and managerialism
