Frank Sinatra
A square prehistory of popular music
Rock versus pop, and orchestral numbers versus guitar solos
Don’t just do something, stand there!
Three new books resist the modern cult of busyness
Attack is the best form of defence
The right cannot always be fighting a rearguard action in the culture wars
The quaintness of the campaign against public schools
The abuse was terrible but its relevance to modern politics is dubious
Learning in the round
Spreading fingers over a globe, not pinching them on a screen, is the best way to answer questions
Men deserve single-sex spaces too
The campaign against the Garrick Club is tiresome and opportunistic
The campaign against National Conservatism is a disgrace
A peaceful conference is facing state and activist intimidation
How to destroy football
“Blue cards” will only add to the confusion and subjective rulings we’re now seeing
Scary cute
CUTE, a new exhibition at Somerset House is a deliciously unsettling stroll down the uncanny valley
Britain’s first postmodern election
What Galloway’s victory really tells us about Britain
Free speech freeze-up
Reactions in Britain to the attempted suppression of NatCon suggest a bleak future for freedom of speech and thought
Why is the US facing a “crisis of credibility”?
It is a crisis that has been created by the hubris of the establishment