Banned played on
The hit on Roisin Murphy’s ‘Hit Parade’
Slut-shaming Barbie
Dental woes and devoted dolls
Be more Wham!
What men today can learn from the success of a 1980s pop duo.
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
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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
Badenoch in the bindweed
The Conservative Party leader might please no one by trying to please everyone
Women should not have to apologise for their rights
There is nothing cruel about women wanting single-sex spaces
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
Kemi at the crossroads
Kemi Badenoch cannot tell everybody what they want to hear
A criminal abuse of the law
Our criminal justice system is deferential to those who abuse it while coming down hard on the innocent
Lost railway art
Art should matter in all its guises, above and below ground
Saved from the flames
We should feel fortunate indeed to have the Aeneid
The ephemeral Farage
Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished
Steel blues
The Government’s new steel strategy is stupid and destructive
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
Britain must not liberalise surrogacy laws
We are already endangering women and girls