Judy Garland
A square prehistory of popular music
Rock versus pop, and orchestral numbers versus guitar solos
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
Tedious transgression
The mainstreaming of porn is dangerous, hypocritical and very, very boring
Taking the Sheen off
Shiny old lies remain the very bedrock of our trade
Worldviews apart
There are disturbing differences between how British Muslims and non-Muslims see the world
The promises of politicians
We are surrounded by lies, euphemisms and deceit
One year later
Despite the Supreme Court ruling, the gender argument is not going anywhere
A new town versus an old estate
Development in the heart of rural Oxfordshire will change the ecology of the surrounding area
North Korea’s rogue state development
How Kim Jong Un is embracing the modern world
Dismantle the infrastructure of censoriousness
Digital technology and private intelligence are bolstering cultural censoriousness in universities
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
Selling the commons
How Britain put a price on nature
Frivolous and doomed
Classicism still has its place at the National Theatre