Haydn Middleton
A dramatisation of Haydn Middleton’s The Ballad of Syd & Morgan is on BBC Sounds.
Paul Simon: still crazy after all these years
The consummate singer-songwriter still delights his fans at the age of 83
From austerity to the Swinging Sixties
Two books by David Kirby and Robyn Hitchcock are the equivalent of two albums’ worth of their authors’ holiday snaps
God save The Kinks
How did four ornery lads rearing up from the post-war English underclass become national treasures?
Fifth magician blues
He made the tea, he forged the autographs, and only once did he run out of plectrums
Those golden years
Ultimately it’s the music that brings to each of us our personal Bowie
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Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Stella Creasy hates questions
For many politicians, being disagreed with is proof that they are right
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan
Shining a light on the culture wars
Without the reintroduction of liberal ethical standards, the sacred purpose of academia cannot survive
The last ponies on the moor
Dartmoor Ponies are facing an extinction event, thanks to a government Quango
We need a loud revival
The dream of a “quiet revival” always misunderstood the problem faced by British Christians
The hidden bureaucracy shaping Britain’s university curriculum
Putting an end to ideological capture must start with the Quality Assurance Agency
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
