Joss Whedon
The un-cancelled
It seems cancel culture is starting to lose its power
Don’t Cry for Me, Diego Garcia
A small island is in trouble, foreigners are probably up to no good, and the Tories are yomping to the rescue
The tragedy of Radio 3
The centenary “celebration” of the BBC Singers summed up everything that has gone wrong
Heroes, villains and lessons in life
Intellectual history, sneered at in Oxford 40 years ago, is all the rage there now
My “state of the nation” book
England’s Mean Unpleasant Land: How the Tories, Trump and TikTok Screwed Up Britain
Landfill indie remembered
A Golden Age? It was barely a Plastic Age
Just the tonic
Rediscover the forgotten treasure of Australia: fortified wines
What we don’t talk about when we talk about mental illness
We talk about mental health differently – but is it an improvement?
The blame, again, falls on Sinn Fein
The party responded appallingly to its press officer being accused of child sex offences
Riddle of the Pylons
Intrigue, invasion and romance blossom in Lincolnshire
Sophocles’s lack-of-foresight saga
Families will feud, from the BC era to 2024
The city and its uncertain plot
Despite fascinating thematic material to work with, Murakami still makes it ploddingly dull
