Music Festival
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
Take the Bizkit
How Woodstock ’99 foreshadowed the MAGA masses of 2016
Most Read
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
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
Kemi always gets it right
Whatever the crisis, the Conservative leader invariably discovers that events have vindicated her.
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
Spirits, a seven-year-old and a death camp
Balancing the gap between what the narrator knows and what the reader does
Irish anti-Israel agitation is out of control
Anti-Israel sentiments among Irish nationalists are irrational and opportunistic
Out with the old?
Reform seems to be thriving, and Labour seems to be losing, but what can actually change?
The green myth
Tom, Chris and Graham explore our April edition
Angst in the Anglosphere
England’s existential crisis is being played out at the World Cup
Right-wing fight night
A debate over the future of right-wing politics in Britain offered little heat and less light
This apology for a political comedy
Amusing as a war crimes trial, and seems to last twice as long
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
The strange birth of woo-woo
The glitzy LA supermarket chain and the Buddhist food cult behind your wellness smoothie