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Science Fictions: Exposing Fraud, Bias, Negligence and Hype in Science (Bodley Head, 2020)
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Sunak stumbles
The Prime Minister spent half of the afternoon trying to extract his foot from his mouth
Vanishing act
Jeremy Hunt did not, in fact, pull a rabbit out of his hat
Tragedy of the common spaces
It is sadly in keeping with the modern British mindset to prefer something good not to be done
Don’t forget Nicola Sturgeon’s nodding dogs
The SNP have been enabled by uncritical British media
A great conductor leaves the stage
No conductor from China or Japan ever commanded world orchestras before Seiji Ozawa, and none has since matched his impact
The love that dare not speak its name
Classical music has been tarnished with the dread word “elitism”
Beethoven: Nine symphonies+ (Decca)
This Beethoven gift set is not for Christmas. It is for life
Lutfur Rahman and the future of localism
A new and dangerous kind of local politics is emerging in Britain
The big bang
On the ecological repercussions and economic contributions of big shoots
Were lockdowns ethical?
Questionable benefits were emphasised above obvious and dramatic harms
Tragicomedy at the UN
The limp United Nations cannot be trusted to support the victims of tyranny
