Ed Sheeran
What happened to sex, drugs, and rock’n’roll?
Music today is anodyne compared to the heydays of Britpop and the sixties and seventies
The gentrification of Drill
The bleak origins of Drill music shouldn’t be forgotten
Why Reform is rubbish
Its top-heavy structure and patchy talent mean it cannot seize a massive opportunity
The age of the news influencer
TikTok reveals a broader existential crisis facing the media and our consumption of the news
The lies of Sinn Fein
Sectarian smears against Unionists have been exposed as the falsehoods they always were. Will anyone bother to say sorry?
Between the devil and the deep blue sea
A substantial and growing minority of Americans hate both presidential candidates
The erotic art book banned by a pope
A rich tale of great artists, pornography and the papacy has made I Modi one of the most fabled of all books
Alcohol and Islam
An English novelist travels the Muslim world in search of a drink
An unconvincing case against the UNRWA
It should take more evidence to strip the Palestinians of essential support
Dylan Mulvaney did not share our girlhood
His bizarre parody of the female experience is grossly offensive
London’s lamps live on
Thanks to the dedication of the Gasketeers, a beautiful tradition has been saved
The wines of Israel
Israel’s wine heartland is now suffering from rocket attacks
The truth is out there
Henry Staunton is dismissed as dangerously “erratic” by the powers that be, but he may just be telling the truth, no matter how weird