Rock
Rock as ritual
Just as Taylor has nailed the emotional lexicon of her people, Finn has nailed it for his
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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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
A police school for scandal
Is it any wonder there’s a two-tier policing controversy when officer training is focused on political correctness?
Andy Burnham’s empty toolbox
Britain’s next Labour government will inherit a state too indebted to deliver the interventionism it dreams of
The government must defuse a legal time bomb
Countries of the “Global South” could sue the UK over greenhouse gas emissions
A scarcity machine
Why Peckham residents should not celebrate development being blocked
We must strengthen British capitalism
Having a successful capitalist system depends on having a strong state
Election objections
Andy Burnham doesn’t need a general election mandate
Banish the business bullshit
Vacuous business-speak is not merely irritating, it can lead to bad decisions and bad outcomes
Haskel’s challenge
Andy Burnham does not have much time to kickstart growth
A frozen war?
The US should put stubbornness aside and end the conflict with Iran
