Podcast
The many sides of Salome
Critical Mash returns!
Podcasters: do as I say, not as I do
Sometimes the best advice is simply not to go on a podcast
Time to rethink Martin Amis
He was an entertainer. But only an entertainer
Alas, a new podcast just doesn’t work
Why does the podcast exist? Vine and Hitchens never explain its purpose
An interview with Steve Rubie of the 606 Club
Steve Rubie talks about his life and inspirations
World peace and the meaning of life
What equips a podcaster to be a multi-dimensional philosopher king?
The idea of the countryside
English rural life in theory and practice
In a manor of shrieking
One haunted house has an infamy above all others: McKamey Manor, in the USA
In the city
From the suburbs to the estates
Love, death and drink
Does inspiration really come out of a bottle?
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
Murders for July
Your summer holiday reading is sorted here
Baddiel shoots, he doesn’t score
If you want to understand English football, you will get better answers knocking on doors in Burnley than Hampstead
The simple joy of giallo
Giallo films made for glorious Italian escapism
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
The judge’s verdict
Much of what is passed off as sport is no such thing
The injustice of early releases
The government is failing victims for the sake of political convenience
RIP New Labour?
Keir Starmer’s failure should mark a decisive break with a failed consensus
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”