Culture

Cynthia Erivo’s slighting of Sunderland was indicative of British arts establishment beholden to a homogenous, Americanised vision of culture

Taboo-breaking counterculture paved the way for the return of the very fascism it claimed to subvert

Don’t send them, and if you must send them keep them short

By abandoning physical media, have we exposed ourselves to censorship and corporate control?

It remains to be seen whether the UK’s Ratification of UNESCO’s Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage will be valuable

The fantasy genre is afflicted by a dull and tedious obsession with adolescent cynicism, prurient scenes and one dimensional anti-heroes

AI will not be the death of creativity, and could even enhance it

How can the young find meaning and coherence in the future?

It is much better to be overdressed than underdressed

We must resist the siren songs of Bake Off and Boaty McBoatface