New tunes from a hatful of old songs
We approach Dylan’s both peerless and wildly uneven catalogue only through the after-image of his dazzling prime
The establishment prefers distractions to solutions
Politicians discuss irrelevances rather than confronting the obvious
Discomfort Zone
I recommend The Zone of Interest with the greatest caution: it’s not an easy watch
Cognition porn and discursive dehumanisation
Cultural and political discourse can follow the reductive yet seductive logic of pornography
Addressing misogyny must include addressing trans activism
Against the wokewashing of sexual objectification
Water matters
British towns were built on rivers in more than one sense
Entering the populist Pyongyang
Your correspondent watches the far right debate immigration — but will he go native?
Saltburn and the significance of sound
Why has Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s “Murder on the Dancefloor” caught the world’s attention again?
The BBC should remember what it’s for
A public broadcaster should exist for truthful journalism, not fashionable pieties
Eyes on the prizes
On a dispiriting start to racing’s “Premierisation” era
And the band played on
Cash crisis in the arts — what’s new?
The new Irish hate speech law will do more harm than good
New legislation endangers liberty and will not address political division
