Jonny Best
Jonny Best is a musician and festival director. He tweets at @JonnyWorst
Don’t shoot the piano man
A silent film pianist was blacklisted from the BFI for supporting J.K. Rowling
The Olympic boxing row isn’t just about sports
Men should be more sensitive towards female concerns about inequalities of strength
Nesta, I detest ya
An engine of innovation has become a puddle of inanity
The BBC can be a drag
The priorities of its reporting, especially on gender issues, can be absurd
Culture war, what is it good for?
Women will continue to battle for our rights
Carelessness in the community
Who are the “community leaders” who are currently shaping police policy in Birmingham?
All politics is existential now
NatCon DC was a reminder of the urgency of our political moment
The British Holocaust cover-up that wasn’t
A fanciful and convoluted conspiracy theory has blighted the reputation of the Channel Islands
The rise and fall of Rishi
Exceptional good fortune met common mediocrity
Guardrails of civilisation
If politics is downstream from culture, culture is downstream from the campus
Murders for July
The most gripping and grisly detective novels of the month, from Devon to Orkney