Birdsong
The magic of Dawn Chorus
On International Dawn Chorus Day, there really is no sound lovelier than the competing noise of birdsong
The welcome sound of silence
For three days I listened to nothing but birdsong, marvelling at the variety and the volume
Fear Ireland’s shadow banks
The Emerald Isle is ripe for a volatile market correction
Labour has a conspiracy problem
Dawn Butler MP should reevaluate her eccentric ideas
Hi-energy nutrients
Schoenfield, Vivier, Bartok &c (Accentus Music)
Oasis: the good boys of rock and roll
For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success
Rocking the Reichstag
Women across the world have been protesting against the bizarre new German self-ID laws
Getting the creeps
How should we cope with the unsettling in everyday life?
Disability is not an identity
Long before trans rights lobby, disability activists were denying biological reality
Tough women take on the bad guys
When it comes to spy dramas and domestic angst, less is very definitely more
Improvement and impoverishment
Urban life from the poorhouse to the public house
Riddle of the Pylons
Intrigue, invasion and romance blossom in Lincolnshire
A bleak midwinter
For fans watching QPR struggle for the past two decades, it feels like the club is cursed
