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Whatever happened to the British bohemian?
Twilight of the Soho set
Freedom of speech and the freedom to preach
How can “misgendering” mean you end up in a cell?
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Why do we podcast?
Honky-tonking around
Yuja Wang: The American Album (DG)
See it, say it, sorted
The slogan is not only vulgar, but an implicit lie
Beret much so
If you want to get ahead, get a Basque hat
The dishwasher dream
How domestic technology saved us time
A race to the bottom
“Decolonisation” ideology distorts and condescends
Chaos captivates
The newest season of Fauda is the most complex and thus the most satisfying so far
Radio 2 is now beyond my Ken
What used to work, and what listeners enjoyed, is no longer the most important consideration for the decision-makers in Radio
Most Read
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
How the Civil Service was the ruin of Keir Starmer
A weak and indecisive prime minister delegated too much to Whitehall
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
Is this the end of art?
Cultural renewal cannot simply chase demand
Nice Tice
Can Richard Tice clean up Reform’s image? Or a park?
QAnon for centrist dads
Peter Chappell’s What If Reform Wins is less a political forecast than a Westminster panic attack in novel form
Scotland’s cold and durable fire
John Swinney is proving that in politics what matters most is simply showing up
Scotland’s biggest legal scandal
Hundreds of men could have being denied their right to a fair trial because of a justice system that rules important character evidence inadmissible
AI podcasts give me the creeps
The more we outsource to AI, the more forgettable our cultural output is going to be
Hurry hurry to Chop Chop
Gambling on Cantonese cuisine
Fair vs free elections
The grey zone between interference and counter-interference is becoming Europe’s new political frontier
The malicious and the mad
Two recent productions offer two different perspectives on dark sides of masculinity
Fell for it again
Britain’s pro-development enthusiasts mistook fantasy politics for the real thing — and are now paying the price.