Pop Culture
The pain gain
In today’s pop world trauma is an asset
Swift reprise
Swift’s latest project is even more interesting than the imaginary motherhood album she pinned her hopes on
All you need is luck
Everything with The Beatles happened at double time, thrilling but draining too, says Sarah Ditum
Strength and honour: looking back on 20 years of Gladiator
Are you not entertained?!
The only thing to do is dance
When things are desperate, you don’t want to be the audience, you want to be the show
Solo Lockdown
Why social isolation hits singletons the hardest
It is good to challenge kids
That which makes us anxious can also make us strong
French lessons
Macron’s centrist coalition has not only led the country to paralysis, but is itself threatened with implosion
Violence is a feature of porn, not a bug
Aggression towards women permeates the most popular pornography
The EU is leaving Britain behind on immigration
The continent is waking up to the need for solutions, and Britain must wake up as well
When the music stopped
A reflection on the inexorable decline of arts education and the rise of knee-jerk politics and managerialism
Imaginary friends
The idea of a synthetic companion that knows everything about you goes well beyond friendship
The death of modern Britishness?
Attempts to construct a dehistoricised national identity have failed
The case for Jenrick
He can reform the party and take on Labour
Get smartphones out of school
Young people desperately need a break from social media
Advertisements for themselves
Michael Craig-Martin and the sad afterlife of conceptual art
Hot desking
We, the special advisers of the Labour Party, seek justice!
