Pop Culture
When geek culture was good
A celebration of Spaced
Grimdull
The fantasy genre is afflicted by a dull and tedious obsession with adolescent cynicism, prurient scenes and one dimensional anti-heroes
The triumph of Twee Britannia
We must resist the siren songs of Bake Off and Boaty McBoatface
The past speaks for itself
The problem with modern period drama
Risky liasons
From Syria to Spain
Funny guy
The charm of Lewis Capaldi
Taking the piss
If you’re going to be provocative, people are going to be provoked
Midnight’s mass
Taylor Swift’s talent for ordinariness that makes her the most exceptional artist at work today
Weighing up the real value of art
Why galleries are now cogs in a not-so-creative industry
Unicorn Frappuccino Instagram Barbie
The meaninglessness of Ariana Grande
The public sector must reform or die
Too big to fail? It is too big to succeed
A matter of life and death
It is not the job of judges to tell someone that they are wrong for believing in life
The restless life of a very bourgois rebel
Gauguin was not an artist who lent himself to categorisation
Megalomania
Megalopolis is a gaudy, self-indulgent mess
Alive and flicking
A game invented by a man named Adolph might have been a hard sell to the British public, but it was an instant hit
The opportunism of anti-police activists
Continued agitation around the death of Chris Kaba is inexcusable
Back in the arena
If you liked Gladiator, you’ll like Gladiator II
The first female President will be Republican
American conservatives are far less averse to assertive women than the political left
Resist Labour’s managerial revolution
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are grimly committed to expanding the state and entrenching bureaucracy
A beguiling star who loved melodrama
Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics
Conservatives listen to music too
Gatekeeping the “real” meaning of songs is foolish and futile
