Culture
Dilyn goes to Glasgow COP26
The Critic Narrated: Episode Three, with Robert Hutton, Josephine Bartosch and Robert Thicknesse
Juke it out
It’s Wes Anderson vs Edgar Wright in the battle for the coolest ever soundtrack
History, fans, noise and passion
Football fans know a Proper Club when they see one
Clubbing after Covid
The meek may inherit the Earth, but not yet
It’s time to resurrect forgiveness
The Critic Narrated: Episode Two, with Revd. Marcus Walker, Hannah Betts and Patrick Galbraith
Back from the dead
The UK has a rich comics tradition often obscured by the cultural dominance of Marvel and DC
The other Elizabeth Taylor
Discover “one of the finest novelists of her and our time.”
Play it again, Sam
Nostalgia has long been the key to pop’s survival
Shani Diluka: The Proust Album (Warner)
His concerto is a rag-and-bone man’s barrow trundling down a Haussmann boulevard
Old school ties
Fates in this unforgiving industry are long decided
Out of Africa
You can say what you like about European empires, but they improved African cooking
Is the law going coconuts?
The acquittal of a pro-Palestine protestor on free speech grounds should not be a one-off
Noisy decline
Blaring incongruous sound is as much a sign of urban decay as piles of litter
The Bard at Christmas
It is impossible to appreciate Shakespeare without acknowledging his Christian foundations
Charli’s carefree bratitude
This is music for people who are tired of being careful
Leo Varadkar is still stirring division
The former Taoiseach should have more humility
The great British giveaway
The handover of the Chagos Islands reflects a wider lack of realism in UK foreign policy
Killing democracy to save it?
The annulling of the first round of the Romanian presidential elections should concern us all
The stress myth
Your emotions are not an illness
Labour’s insecurity counsel
A strategy of concession and apology will not build Britain’s soft power
Who are the Scottish Conservatives?
The election of Russell Findlay to lead the Scottish Conservatives reveals a party that doesn’t know what it stands for
