Can we keep live music alive?
Dr David Butterfield, Literary Editor of The Critic, joins Ben Sixsmith to discuss his new article on Glastonbury, the different identities of the festival, and the decline of live music.
Challenge the consensus. Access rigorous analysis.
Arriving at our destination
Bold projections and frustrating results
With ho-hum bands, faux-eco fans and sky-high prices, Glastonbury Festival has strayed far from its countercultural roots
On ebbing power of the political influencer
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
People are finally, if grudgingly, waking up to its flaws
Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments
Bodies in Brighton and spies in Scotland are features of our first crop of summer murder mysteries
Do not expect major surprises or lasting change as a result of the latest Scottish by-elections
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
The US should put stubbornness aside and end the conflict with Iran
Any penalty is at heart a psychological battle between taker and keeper
Anger can furnish a movement with energy, but not with votes
Chinese water deer, partridges and paté
Catching the eye of a buyer in the social media era
