Rock
Rock as ritual
Just as Taylor has nailed the emotional lexicon of her people, Finn has nailed it for his
Rock benediction
Make-Up gig is a matter of performance
Pain and glory
Roger Waters’ last stand in Madrid
A square prehistory of popular music
Rock versus pop, and orchestral numbers versus guitar solos
Bedtime reading for boomers
You will search in vain for a new life of any rocker who made his name after the advent of punk
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Out with the old?
Reform seems to be thriving, and Labour seems to be losing, but what can actually change?
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
Facing demons
On the highs and lows of demonic infestation
The return of a luxury lingerie brand
La Perla isn’t about the male gaze; it’s about feminine feel
Don’t kowtow to cry-bullies
Why Kezia Dugdale can’t apologise enough
Strange new world
A new art history hinges on a proleptic reading of Edwardian history
Manic and messianic
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Royal Shakespeare Company
Britain in 1776
What does it mean to be living through history?
Where is Britain’s vision?
Modern Britain has acquired a lack of national purpose, except for policies that are self-harming
Better Slayyyter than never
Like the first Strokes album if Max Martin had produced it
On travellers and trail hunting
Left-wingers have bizarrely irrational double standards when it comes to protecting culture