Yvette Cooper
Wakefield, Labour and cowardice
Enough of the silence and weasel words
Pure pantomime
Parliament is putting on quite a show this Christmas
The questioning of women
Answers are the hardest words to say
Murders for February
Hitler, Harlem and the high-life feature in this month’s murder mystery haul
Long story short
Movie length seems to have become a way for directors to tell us what serious people they are
There is no magic bullet for raising birth rates
A complex network of spiritual, cultural and economic factors underpin our fertility slump
A talented pianist and a battered piano
Bezhod Abduraimov: Shadows of my ancestors (Alpha-Classics)
How bad is the news on booze?
And how bad are the ideas for curbing consumption?
Stopping the devolution ratchet
More devolution will not solve the worst consequences of devolution
What’s with all the fuss over Simon Fanshawe?
The writer and activist’s nomination as Rector of Edinburgh University has been oddly controversial
Is Britain on course for abortion up to birth?
Diana Johnson’s amendment creates a medical and legal vacuum that would endanger women and their babies
Don’t ban the billboards
Campaigns against advertising are pure public health fanaticism
An array of civilised music
Walter Kaufmann: 3rd piano concerto, 3rd symphony &c. (CPO)
Essential all-embracing warmth
Gidon Kremer: Songs of Fate (ECM)
