Like a homecoming
A haunted house
Better Slayyyter than never
Like the first Strokes album if Max Martin had produced it
The ballad of Robbie and Harry
Sometimes, the struggle can become the art
Paris cinema
There are no songs or movies about Paris in the winter
Get into the groove — why vinyl rocks
On the best sound in popular music
Roxy Music but they’re all Kate Bush
The Last Dinner Party are a proper rock band, but the spell is too easily broken
Girls don’t just wanna have fun
“Blue Velvet” is a sinister, savage take on male violence and a feminine urge for vengeance
Literate, satirical, witty and romantic
Neil Hannon is one of the true greats of songwriting
Four divided by two
After nearly 25 years (and more than half my life), I can do what I like
The very curious case of Ethel Cain
A male idea of what it means to be female
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
The last of the fine arts
Hockney insisted on doing exactly as he pleased — and his cigarettes were as much a part of his artistic philosophy as his paintbrush.
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
Gruesome twosomes
Considering culinary mismatches
Fast out of the blocs
how to acquire an
art collection quickly
Ring engagement
The Mash meets The Ring!
Kurdish delight
Witnessing ancient traditions that have endured through fraught and tumultuous histories
A magnificent navy on land
The state of the British Armed Forces triumphantly vindicates Parkinson’s Law
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
Pricing out the young
Britain’s labour market is faltering, and subsidies cannot mask the policies pricing young workers out.
The Third China Shock?
We are unprepared for the possibility of a future Chinese hegemon
Dining in a different world
Transported by a restored institution