Music
Paul Heaton: an undervalued musical genius
For all his success, Heaton remains surprisingly niche – which is probably just how he likes it
Are the Bee Gees Britain’s most underrated band?
The Bee Gees have always been a target for mockery, but by force of talent and ambition, they managed to define the age around them
The legacy of David Bowie: five years, what a surprise
Alexander Larman on why the late, great David Bowie remains such a totemic and iconic figure in his life
Meet me at Ronnie’s
A new BBC documentary captures the spirit of the club that made London a global hub for jazz
Cheer leaders
Opera unswervingly believes in the potential for a divine spark in humans, says Robert Thicknesse
From disaster to opportunity
London’s orchestral rat-race will have fewer runners when musical life returns, says Norman Lebrecht
Dress sense
The average rock band from the 1980s onwards dressed as if they were going to fix your car, not blow your mind
John Lennon: the first and last global icon
Forty years on from the death of John Lennon, Dominic Green recounts the tormented life of the last universal Western icon
Bedtime reading for boomers
You will search in vain for a new life of any rocker who made his name after the advent of punk
The Russians aren’t coming
New music was not officially muted in the Soviet Union. It just got left at home, says Norman Lebrecht
The stress myth
Your emotions are not an illness
Out of power for half a century
As the Conservatives face the prospect of a long spell in opposition, they must heed the lessons of their predecessors
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We found the prawns you so thoughtfully left behind the radiator, but there’s still something here, isn’t there?
David Lammy’s Caucasus catastrophe
The Foreign Secretary’s blunder has exposed the hollowness of “progressive realism”
Church visits and garden walks
From sumptuous architecture to delightful landscaping
The odd world of Peter Oborne
How has a far-sighted conservative commentator fallen so far?
Keir’s comms catastrophe
Labour’s goal is clear but its messaging is anything but
Labour is killing British farming
Attacks on British agriculture must be resisted
Justin Welby should resign
If sin means anything, how can the Church of England hierarchy be maintained?
Junk food? More like junk statistics
New claims about the costs of obesity are wildly exaggerated
Now’s your time, House of Lords
The upper house must prove its worth by opposing the shabby Chagos Islands deal
