Sarah Ditum

Sarah Ditum is a critic and columnist based in Bath. She tweets @sarahditum

The average age of a construction worker in the UK now is 50

This is music for people who are tired of being careful

Bathos, fatalism, heartbreak: these are the pillars of a MacColl song

Poppy is, simply, a dog who knows what she wants

For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success

You can tell a lot about someone from their favourite Henry wife

Drake might be literally alive, but in terms of reputation, this was a murder

The album is back and music is better for it

For a long time, it has seemed that you’re nobody until somebody’s tried to get you cancelled

She makes your average rapper look like a Quaker