On Pop
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
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
Midnight’s mass
Taylor Swift’s talent for ordinariness that makes her the most exceptional artist at work today
Take the Bizkit
How Woodstock ’99 foreshadowed the MAGA masses of 2016
Feelbad anthem
Liz Truss does indeed “move on out”
Free at last?
How can Britney establish a version of her success without the horrors that became integral to it?
Life as a lonely quadrant voter
Who should you vote for if you lean left economically and right culturally?
The problem with Nigel Farage
The maverick Reform leader might be entertaining, but he is also unreliable
Gregory Snaith: Little Magazine Editor
Only Gregory seemed prepared to upset the applecart
Bureaucrazy
Why grades can go up even as standards go down
Starmer and the satirists
Will British comedians be as tough on the new government as on the last?
The name game
There’s a meeting of the world’s most important leaders, and Rishi has been invited along, too
What on Earth are the Conservatives running on?
Rishi Sunak needs a vision for the country, not just anti-Starmer posturing
How soap helped civilisation to survive
It subdued one of our most dangerous enemies: germs
California dreaming
The delight of discovering an affordable California blend
Blame Boris for Britain’s borders
Boris Johnson is no lost Conservative hero — he did tremendous harm
Will the next prime minister stand up for women’s rights?
Rhetorical progress has been made on gender issues — but will it affect policy?
