Glastonbury
Letters for October
Housing, festivals, intellectuals and X
Glastonburied (w/ David Butterfield)
Can we keep live music alive?
A tale of two Glastos
With ho-hum bands, faux-eco fans and sky-high prices, Glastonbury Festival has strayed far from its countercultural roots
Deep England
Glastonbury isn’t just for leftists
Is live music in Britain doomed?
It would be little short of a tragedy if our music industry ends up being finished off by the mismanagement of a a vulgar little virus
Open your third eye
Glastonbury against the machine
Twitter monetisation was a mistake
It has diminished rather than enhanced creativity
Gambling gifts
New reports on Labour and political donations miss the point
Bernard-Henri Lévy
France’s celebrity philosopher, war reporter and professional pessimist
The US is getting what it wants in the Middle East
Israeli escalations against Hezbollah are not defiance but an extension of U.S. strategy
Their work here is done
British politicians are very proud of their role in Syria, whatever it was
Get smartphones out of school
Young people desperately need a break from social media
Why I, as a mother…
Being a mother can change our perspectives and priorities
An actor’s story is a late career marvel
Cleverness is a virtue in itself but is never sterile or without purpose
William Warham
A champion of the English Church unfairly eclipsed by his great rivals Wolsey, Cranmer and Cromwell
Why can’t there be more vampires?
Bloodsucking, in various more or less metaphorical guises, is after all opera’s happiest place
Why Twitter needs the libs
Strange as it sounds, we will miss them if they go
