Rock as ritual
Just as Taylor has nailed the emotional lexicon of her people, Finn has nailed it for his
All in the family
Most likely, we live in a comfortable nest of light fictions
Justin’s dilemma
Spears got slutshamed; Timberlake was the stud
Frock right off
Dresses, dogs and dinner
The curious case of the “Gaylor” affair
Whatever the framing, the sexuality is the story
Retro Rodrigo is primo
A new nostalgia listening to GUTS
First-night nerves
Books, beaches and a beloved bullet
Rock benediction
Make-Up gig is a matter of performance
Banned played on
The hit on Roisin Murphy’s ‘Hit Parade’
Slut-shaming Barbie
Dental woes and devoted dolls
Canals go national
Canals gave Britain a single national economy, one that connected resources, factories, population centres and ports
Silence speaks volumes
Lee Anderson speaks out — or, at least, gets someone else to do it for him
Equal opportunities fleecing
This blinkered trade’s endless thwarting of talented homosexuals has gone on too long
The reality of tobacco control
To have a law does not mean that it will be respected
Whisperings of the cruel sea
Britten: Concertos (Orfeo)
Preaching to a dwindling choir
Once the default denomination of tycoons and the WASP elite, America’s Episcopal Church is struggling
The best of The Rest Is …
Sequel podcasts are emerging with the inevitability of sprouts from an old potato
Is Britain a Christian country?
The UK has an established religion alright — the worship of the self
The Met is watching you
We are passively accepting the development of a society of hyper-surveillance
Profile: Noam Chomsky
The American linguistics professor who is forever at odds with his country
When the populist meets the Pope
Javier Milei and Pope Francis represent very different and often hostile elements of Argentinian cultural life
