Pop Music
The politics of the Pet Shop Boys
How the electronic dance duo made more than a minimal contribution to music
The year the music died
It was 40 years ago today: the magnificent swansong of rock and roll
The myth of Abbey Road
Abbey Road is less a cornerstone of the Beatles’ legend than its tombstone
After Covid
English towns have a long road to economic recovery
The Democratic Party deserves Donald Trump
Its arrogance and complacency have been exposed
The idea of the countryside
English rural life in theory and practice
The menace of camouflage
There’s something dark about the spread of sartorial concealment to civilians
We can’t even give them away
Let’s not pretend we have sovereignty over the Chagos Islands
A Chancellor should be a fine thing
The University of Oxford’s Chancellor election has descended into farce
Splashing the cash
On the complex relationship between art and money
Tory Utopias
1940s Conservatism was seething with creativity and optimism
They call it Poppy love
Poppy is, simply, a dog who knows what she wants
The dangerous rise of egg harvesting
Women should not be encouraged to undergo a dangerous and unnecessary procedure
The dangerous fallacy of “self-deterrence”
The concept makes little sense and could create serious risks
