On Pop
Music monsters
The perverted predators of pop
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
Raging irritants
Knowing Rage Against the Machine are political doesn’t overcome my determination to enjoy them anyway
The pain gain
In today’s pop world trauma is an asset
Swift reprise
Swift’s latest project is even more interesting than the imaginary motherhood album she pinned her hopes on
Most Read
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
Are Reform the new Greens?
As the Green Party loses interest in rural matters, Richard Negus considers the claim that British agriculture and the countryside have a new champion
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich
A revolutionary king
The monarch’s vision of “harmony” will have lasting impact
Grin and bear it
Carelessness and frivolity sabotage any attempt at a serious discussion
Where are Britain’s moral voices?
On decriminalising abortion up to birth, the Archbishop of Canterbury must talk the talk, not walk the walk
Why the left has nowhere left to go
Chris Bayliss and Tom Jones discuss how progressivism got left behind
Publishing has an AI problem
From reviews to actual books, creativity is being outsourced to machines
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
Keir factor
The prime minister must feel as if he faces the Plagues of Egypt
The Symphony’s Indian summer
Imagine hearing a symphony for the first time
Middle management in the Middle East
The war against Iran has emphasised the importance of deep leadership