22 May 2024 - 1:00am

John Betjeman had the last laugh Forty years after his death, he still wields influence

Jonathan Glancey

18.05

Britain’s forgotten Battle of the Beaches Cultural tribalism has lost its cool

Alwyn Turner

17.05

Did success ruin Quentin Tarantino? Filmmakers should quit while they're ahead

Tom Shone

11.05

How Eurovision became a carnival of nationalism What happens when you mix chauvinism with continental camp?

Aris Roussinos

10.05

The night Taylor Swift conquered Europe The all-American Venus is keeping mass culture alive

Josiah Gogarty

06.05

The Met Gala is a Ballardian nightmare The fashion aristocracy have made their own dystopia

Mark Blacklock

06.05

Can Challengers make sex hot again? Gen Z are alienated from true eroticism

Kat Rosenfield

03.05

How to survive the Tory apocalypse Pessimists should pick up a copy of Parade's End

Rob Lownie

30.04

PEN America has surrendered over Israel Writers have become the tools of zealots

Lionel Shriver

29.04

Kandinsky was betrayed by Left and Right Marxist art thrived best in free societies

Pratinav Anil

26.04

Dungeness is England’s last hope Derek Jarman predicted our spiritual decay

Alexander Poots

25.04

How Parklife skewered the Nineties The Britpop generation knew they were a joke

Nicholas Harris