Hot sauce
Lil Nas X is the greatest show in the world right now
Naughty noughties
History repeats itself in more ways than one
Music monsters
The perverted predators of pop
Maxxed out
Battling imposter syndrome in the brave new world
Smoke Signals
How a song can drift across a life
Gone West
What happened to Kanye?
Devil’s music
“Satanic Panic” still haunts heavy metal
Strange brew
The joy of letting unexpected, accidental music in
Lana chameleon
Pitchfork was one of a whole ecosystem of taste-making blogs which laid claim to being the ones who had made del Rey
Long players
As long as the fans are alive, it seems that a band can keep going
Most Read
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
The big crunch
How university expansion failed to prepare Britain for the future
How procedure is enabling petty criminals
We should support workers who confront criminals
Fair vs free elections
The grey zone between interference and counter-interference is becoming Europe’s new political frontier
The Blob playbook
How activist charities subtly shape policy
Hey, Starmer, leave those kids alone
Banning under-16s from social media is more prohibitionist stupidity
Antisemitism and the Islamic connection
Antisemitic sentiments in Islamic theology cannot be overlooked or obscured
One year later
Despite the Supreme Court ruling, the gender argument is not going anywhere
Manic and messianic
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Royal Shakespeare Company
The torment and the tourists
Holiday-makers must stop enabling the abuse of horses in Egypt
Whip smart
Threatening the whipping system would be alarmingly stupid
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
Excessive producer responsibility
Virtue-signalling policies are picking the pockets of consumers