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
Jam, Jute, journalism, Japanese design
There is a lot more to see and enjoy in Dundee than London reviewers suggested
Singers have a voice, too
Study of the Western canon is often reduced to a politicised debate: power and patronage versus individual genius. The truth is far more complex
Why Reform is rubbish
Its top-heavy structure and patchy talent mean it cannot seize a massive opportunity
Everyone should be ashamed over Princess Kate but me
They spread unhinged fantasies while I asked sensible questions
Saving London from the czar
London’s nightlife could be great — but it needs real change
Are we suffering from generational sink?
How can the young find meaning and coherence in the future?
Rugby’s debt to Mrs T
Rugby league was transformed from a fringe working-class activity into part of national life
The stench of Chanel No 5
Set mainly in Nazi-occupied Paris, The New Look tells the story of Coco Chanel and Christian Dior
In memory of Lord Cormack
Britain has lost a wise and dedicated public servant
The first rule of Plot Club is…
The Tories are absolutely, definitely, certainly not scheming to replace Rishi Sunak
All in the family
Most likely, we live in a comfortable nest of light fictions
