On Pop
Rock as ritual
Just as Taylor has nailed the emotional lexicon of her people, Finn has nailed it for his
Justin’s dilemma
Spears got slutshamed; Timberlake was the stud
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
Rock benediction
Make-Up gig is a matter of performance
Banned played on
The hit on Roisin Murphy’s ‘Hit Parade’
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
Has Israel walked into a forever war?
A brutal conflict seems unlikely to be winnable any time soon
Teaching leftists about tax
Sometimes, an argument about economic policy is like an oil spill
The fallacy of soft power
The world runs on cold national self interest, not cultural capital
Why Britain needs more empty homes
The UK’s housing sector is straining at the seams; empty units and second houses are a sign of economic health
Not another one!
How might the run-up to the next general election look?
What Britain should learn from Singaporean healthcare
How Singapore spends less and sees better outcomes
British universities have a China problem
The increasing influence of the CCP is a threat to free inquiry and free expression
Why the Voice failed
The Australian establishment has been too focused on symbolic gestures rather than practical change
Self-ID versus survivors
Traumatised women deserve to know that they can be supported by women
A new low in anti-vape scaremongering
There is no great risk of oral cancer among vapers
A masterpiece in miniature
Taneyev, Schumann: Piano quintets (Signum)
