Perfect, plastic, pop princesses
The performance art of selling sterile sex
Rap’s dilemma
Sarah Ditum unwraps the rap culture war.
Micro niche
The best piece of pop
Funny guy
The charm of Lewis Capaldi
Traffic hazards
Driving in the uncanncy valley, Dartmoor’s cagoule warriors and the wizarding weirdness of the Rowling fandom
Taking the piss
If you’re going to be provocative, people are going to be provoked
Vinyl solution
Vinyl’s comeback is down to a desire for a tangible point of contact with a performer
Unholy influences
The weird and not so wonderful world of influencers, and an open invitation to Theodore Dalrymple to get inked
Midnight’s mass
Taylor Swift’s talent for ordinariness that makes her the most exceptional artist at work today
The cost of dissent
Brave women have sacrificed a lot to stand up for their gender critical beliefs
Hobbs recalled
Ninety-five years on, Hobbs still holds a record that is unlikely ever to be broken
Saving my own bacon
Only the particularly pig-headed will stick it out in the pork farming business
Therapy is making children ill
What would really help children’s mental health is talk about resilience
Scarlet Blake is a man
Indulging the fantasies of violent criminals is endangering women
Self-ID versus survivors
Traumatised women deserve to know that they can be supported by women
Campus confidential
Inside the secret Cambridge societies hiding their unfashionable views
Britain is still safe for Jews
It may be far from perfect — but where would be safer?
WW3 and the end of history
The age of world wars is past, the age of global civil war has come
Soothing sounds in time of war
There are expectations going back to 1948 that musicians turn up to provide relief
Staying in place
How history and heritage enrich our surroundings
