A Mad Call to Arms
As Middle East countries rush to acquire nuclear weapons, the Cold War stalemate will not apply in the region
Eastward Ho
I am off to Berlin tomorrow to interview Nigel Kennedy after his jazz gig at the Brandenburg Gate, which is part of the closing
Brave New Worlds?
Fascinating piece in The New Yorker by the super Alex Ross about the processes of digitally restoring old recordings, and the sheer mindboggling availability
Choose your weapon…
"Inverted mordents at dawn?" tweets my mate Sebastian Scotney over at the London Jazz blog, drawing our attention to a somewhat unseemly spat surrounding
Bravo Budapest…
Friday afternoon and time for some great music. Next Tuesday's Prom features one of my very favourite orchestras, the Budapest Festival Orchestra under its
BBC bias?
A year after the Russo-Georgian-Ossetian war, the BBC continues to side with Russia.
Desmond v Bower: the Eady Judgment
A senior judge stood down from hearing an appeal in the libel case brought by Richard Desmond against Tom Bower because he knew the
A Crucial Resource on Iran
The unrest in Iran is slowly creeping out of the headlines, and the blogosphere is fast becoming the best source of information. One blog