Judy Garland
A square prehistory of popular music
Rock versus pop, and orchestral numbers versus guitar solos
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The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
The tears of Keir’s
It was an anticlimactic end to an unconvincing premiership
Fast cars fit for old-school stars
Speed and sophistication once shared the same side of the street
Why left-wingers should care about borders
A welfare state, and social solidarity, depend on immigration restrictionism
Our money, abroad
If Whitehall can’t stop taxpayers’ money reaching terrorists, it should stop sending it abroad
Our new five-party system
First-past-the-post no longer means
an electoral carve-up between the
Tories and Labour, allowing “fringe”
parties real political influence
Labour’s battle of egos
There is little love left to lose between those plotting regicide in Downing Street
A love-hate affair
Finger-lingering over hideous fluffy lilac footwear
The RAM should face the music
Why the Royal Academy of Music shuts of pupils from private schools
The thin blue line must be thicker
The police are nothing without a presence in communities
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
An unholy war
Donald Trump is damaging America as well as Iran
The regressive feminism of “angry young women”
Gen Z’s radical vanguard have built their worldview on unprogressive foundations