Pop Music
Confessions of an aging pop queen
Madonna once assured us that being an adult woman was something to aspire to
Get into the groove — why vinyl rocks
On the best sound in popular music
Roxy Music but they’re all Kate Bush
The Last Dinner Party are a proper rock band, but the spell is too easily broken
David Bowie was a political shapeshifter
The pop enigma veered between the far right and the right on
The very curious case of Ethel Cain
A male idea of what it means to be female
The delicate art of sampling
Every reference you pick up on opens a new horizon
Bob Vylan are a product of the establishment
The controversial duo are more tedious than frightening
Lady Gaga’s new album is a blast
Until now, she’s never been as much fun as she was in the noughties
Roy Orbison in Blue Velvet
A pop song can be transformed by use, or it can split the world open
Kneecap are the establishment’s idea of rebellion
The hip hop trio are more pathetic than iconoclastic
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
The mirage of majesty
Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
Profile: Alec Douglas-Home
The quintessential Tory grandee who
was the last of his kind: a politician
motivated by service to his country
Britain must not liberalise surrogacy laws
We are already endangering women and girls
Unreadable red bile
This anti-capitalist screed is profoundly and irredeemably fatuous
The meaning and meaninglessness of Makerfield
Andy Burnham has triumphed — but can he maintain his success?
The RAM should face the music
Why the Royal Academy of Music shuts of pupils from private schools
Low energy
Rachel Reeves and Mel Stride are inconsistent while Reform are invisible
Game of Thrones star steals the show
Steal, Amazon Prime’s enthralling new six-part financial crime thriller
Saved from the flames
We should feel fortunate indeed to have the Aeneid
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them