Pet Shop Boys
Calculated absurdity
I want to listen to music that sounds like the dumb hopefulness of being young that I once couldn’t wait to rid myself of, says Sarah Ditum
Amis at 100: a master satirist without honour
It’s time to appreciate Kingsley Amis — flaws and all
The Sea! The Sea!
Southbank Sinfonia Baroque at St John’s Smith Square
Stormont desperately needs reform
The interests of Northern Irish voters are being sacrificed to the perceived needs of the peace process
Bring on the big beasts
Music needs heavyweight champions to stand up for truth and excellence
Covid amnesty for everyone but the politicians
MPs made their bed, but that doesn’t mean we have to lie in it
It’s grim down South
Rakib’s Britain: Never mind the Red Wall, let’s talk about the East-West divide and a forgotten England
The rise and fall of slavery in the Caribbean
Professor Jeremy Black on the reality of the slave economy created by the Caribbean’s European colonisers
Erwin Schulhoff: Violin sonatas (Orfeo/FHR)
Virtuosity amidst violence
The farce awakens
Not long ago, in a parliament far, far away
Justin Trudeau’s heartless hypocrisy
Has the Canadian premier’s shameful silence been bought with Tigray gold?
This is not normal, this is not OK
Sexually violent images and messages are reaching teenagers through TikTok