The Beatles
Fifth magician blues
He made the tea, he forged the autographs, and only once did he run out of plectrums
Top of the pops?
What makes great rock and roll
The Beatles: occasionally fab four
Their output was more mixed than many critics would like to believe
A square prehistory of popular music
Rock versus pop, and orchestral numbers versus guitar solos
In my ears and in my eyes
The Lyrics: the autobiography Paul McCartney never wrote
Imagine John hadn’t died
It’s easy if you try
John Lennon: the first and last global icon
Forty years on from the death of John Lennon, Dominic Green recounts the tormented life of the last universal Western icon
Days in the life of the Fab Four
Joseph Connolly reviews One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time, by Craig Brown
Middle-class hero
John Lennon’s kicking against the pricks was mere window-dressing
All you need is luck
Everything with The Beatles happened at double time, thrilling but draining too, says Sarah Ditum
The W-word
The idea that the sex of a person is simply a matter of choice is a giant ideological lie
William Wilberforce and England’s forgotten saints
The Clapham Saints and their efforts to reform British manners have been unjustly and unwisely forgotten
You can’t judge a book by its cover
All novels should be like this: stripped of the necessary but boring connective tissue
Against stakeholderism
How ideas like “citizens’ assemblies” threaten democracy and effective policy-making
How can we pay for our cathedrals?
Critics of silent discos in Canterbury Cathedral are silent on how to fund our churches
The darkness of assisted dying
The desire to end terrible pain is understandable — but the dangers are severe
Sleepwalking towards abolishing abortion law
How can a crime be a crime if it implies no consequences?
W.S. Gilbert
A wildly funny and slyly subversive comic genius who deftly skewered the mores of Victorian England
Snook dazzles as Dorian Gray
Wilde’s preoccupation with beauty and artifice brings a sassy Victorian immorality tale into our own times
Let’s change the cultural meaning of the penis
Our genitals do not entitle us to anything
A night of spectacle and special effects
Stranger Things: The First Shadow designers aren’t afraid to raid the treasure trove
