7 Jun 2021 - 1:00am

Tony Soprano: villain or victim? He committed every sin — so why does the audience still root for him?

Rob Henderson

25.03

Don’t be a snob about Banksy The troublemaker has become a hate figure for those afflicted by Cultural Cringe

Simon Evans

20.01

The heroism of heavy metal The genre was born of Britain's imperial grandeur and industrial might

Mary Harrington

25.11

Why I had to leave The Guardian If you were bullied by 338 colleagues, what would you do?

Suzanne Moore

30.07

Church philistines have got high culture all wrong Whatever Sheffield Cathedral thinks, beautiful choral music is not elitist. It's how we approach the divine

Giles Fraser

08.07

Why panto has its knockers It's sheer snobbery for the New York Times to dismiss pantomime — it might just save British theatre

Matthew Sweet

04.11

Why Miranda is more daring than Fleabag Miranda Hart’s creation — now a decade old — doesn't rely on filthy jokes for laughs

Peter Franklin

01.11

Could a Rugby World Cup win boost Boris? Rugby is increasingly becoming a national, rather than an elite, sport

Robin Aitken

24.09

How Weinstein silenced everyone There's a contradiction at the heart of the #MeToo movement

Jenny McCartney

12.07

What has The Guardian got against classical music? The press and politicians are patronising working-class kids

James MacMillan

08.07

The problem with political journalism The punditocracy is part of the new establishment

Peter Franklin

27.06

How cricket ran out of time

Jon Hotten