Music
In search of Graceland
Paul Simon’s journey to a gentle spirituality
Ban this vile “Hate” Parade
Puberty is a form of far-right terrorism
Why do we persist with Opera?
Dependent on state subsidies, artistically ossified and only a few go to see it
Against pop culture populism
The phoney courage of disdaining classical music
Farewell to the counterculture
Róisín Murphy’s cancellation is a tale of poachers turned ideological gamekeepers
Glastonburied (w/ David Butterfield)
Can we keep live music alive?
The ultimate collaborator
Sergio Tiempo: Hommage (Avanti)
The past speaks for itself
The problem with modern period drama
Remembering troublesome women
In death and in life
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
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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
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.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The simple joy of giallo
Giallo films made for glorious Italian escapism
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation
When imitation is more then just flattery
An informative and entertaining history of plagiarism in its many forms
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
Are Reform the new Greens?
As the Green Party loses interest in rural matters, Richard Negus considers the claim that British agriculture and the countryside have a new champion
Not exiles, but stayers
White South Africans are not abandoning their home
Truth and consequences for ministers
Former Ministers should be hauled back before MPs to justify their poor decisions
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
The disunited kingdom
The establishment must confront the disturbing realities of sectarian politics in the UK
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
Zackonomics is incoherent and outdated
Zack Polanski is a great political entrepreneur but he is terrible at economics