1970s
Here we go again
The striking similarities between the tired, unoriginal politics of our age and those of the turbulent 1970s
Irritatingly glib take on a golden year
Stanfield adds little to the history of rock that hasn’t been said better elsewhere
Back to the 70s? If only…
Britain is in far worse trouble than we were 40 years ago
Doing the Strand
The glorious heyday of Roxy Music, when just to be a fan of a band that sounded like no other was like being in an exclusive club
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be
It’s not that life is perfect — it just isn’t the 70s
The reality of tobacco control
To have a law does not mean that it will be respected
Should we love the British economy we have?
As another UK steel mill closes, Stephen Bush’s plea for a white collar love-in felt ill-timed
Why the goal glut?
Football — never boring, even when Italy is defending a 1–0 lead — has only grown more exciting
Disposable women?
Middle-aged women are routinely ignored and dismissed by society — it is time for that to change
Scratches in the stonework of history
A new history of graffiti and rebellion is less light and bawdy than one may have expected
Three novelists pushing the bloat out
Some novels still dare to leave the reader’s hand unheld — without universal success
The Roman Republic is worth thinking about
The life and death of Tiberius Gracchus illustrate the virtues of populism
The ongoing fiasco of European defence
Starry-eyed talk of continental cooperation obscures the grim reality of competing interests
The building that inspired Orwell
Was there an appetite at the time for monumental buildings, equivalent to those in Moscow?
The EU’s war on Hungary
As news breaks of secret EU plans to cripple the Hungarian economy, who can still believe it respects national sovereignty?
The Cass Review is not the end
Gender ideologues are not going to give up in the face of facts
