Michael Collins looks back Bertrand Burgalat’s career as the architect for the modern French pop sound

Twenty years ago, the Conservative Party was at its lowest ebb. But on the night of New Labour’s greatest triumph, one man promised to revive their fortunes…

Stonewall’s younger sibling compares their opponents to the Nazis

Plants, not hobbyists, are best for bees

This album by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and their departing conductor Vasily Petrenko is demonstrably irresistible

After a hyperactive first few months, is the president running out of steam?

London and Bern need to coordinate their approach to the EU

Jeremy Black’s ominous murder mystery round-up for the early summer

Deeper data shafts just produce useless piles of waste

Anti-carceral activists want to shut prisons, but ignore sexual offenders