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Review: How Henry Ford’s experiment in the jungle got stuck in the mud
Brahms– Piano Concerto No 2 in B Flat: Joaquin Achucarro/London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Colin Davis
Opus Arte
Spohr – Concertos for Two Violins Numbers 1 and 2: Henning Kraggerud/Oyvind Bjora/Oslo Camerata/Barratt Due Chamber
Naxos
Budget 2010: the details
Fordlandia by Greg Grandin
Icon Books, £14.99
Over at the Fabian Society’s Next Left blog, Sunder Katwala thinks we should be rude to Lord Ashcroft.
He says:
[A] peerage remains a significant public honour which reflects an important measure of esteem in our political community.
[...]
So, as a small and symbolic mark of disrespect, this blog will henceforth refer to the non-dom billionaire as Not-Lord Ashcroft.
An interesting proposal, although one we probably won’t be taking up here at Tribune. Not yet at least…
Should Labour voters vote Lib Dem tactically to keep out the Tories? Usually, Paul Anderson is certain they should. How about this year?
Living Dolls: The Return of Sexism
by Natasha Walter
Virago, £12.99
The disastrous economic policies of the Irish government are a lesson in what not to do