Pop
Not Justin time
Sarah Ditum says that the focus on Timberlake as a bad agent conveniently forgets the machine behind him
Uncool country
Country music has a frontline place in the culture wars, says Sarah Ditum
Rats desert a thriving ship
The space for criticism to exist grows smaller and the archways that sustained its presence crumble away, laments Sarah Ditum
Something Changed: Can Jarvis Cocker recapture former glories in 2020?
Alexander Larman asks whether Jarvis Cocker’s latest album release will reignite his former success
A little bit of curve
In praise of pop smut
All you need is luck
Everything with The Beatles happened at double time, thrilling but draining too, says Sarah Ditum
Losing my head over Catherine
How the musical sensation, Six, uncovers more than just the stories of Henry VIII’s wives
Calculated absurdity
I want to listen to music that sounds like the dumb hopefulness of being young that I once couldn’t wait to rid myself of, says Sarah Ditum
Debunking the decline deniers
Armed police at Christmas markets are a bad sign however you look at it
Justin Welby should resign
If sin means anything, how can the Church of England hierarchy be maintained?
Some picture-perfect restorations
What we were seeing looked as good as it would have at its premiere
The future that never came
Post-war London was saved from a modernist masterplan
Starmer’s tax will hurt children
It is not just a tax, it is cruel theft
What is Toryism for?
What has it done if it has not made a system it wishes to defend?
With Conservative friends like these…
The Tories have kept elevating their own ideological opponents
Izzy Hardcastle
Ornament of the book-world
Twitter has always been toxic
Bluesky is a reminder of an earlier form of smug spitefulness
Shattered illusions
The record of the authorities defies denials of two-tier policing
Why I, as a mother…
Being a mother can change our perspectives and priorities
