12 Aug 2023 - 1:10am

Hip-hop: the last bastion of American freedom It is our only cultural defence against sterile conformity

David Samuels

11.08

Lana Del Rey’s dissident femininity She embodies the dark underground of female experience

Kathleen Stock

24.07

Where is our lexicon of love? Pop stars today only sing about themselves

Julie Burchill

26.05

Kylie Minogue’s glorious artifice We can't insulate ourselves from our mortality

Kathleen Stock

10.04

Nick Cave on Christ and the Devil Has religion become a form of rebellion?

Nick Cave

23.12

Why I broke up with Dua Lipa She seemed like a goddess — and then I read her newsletter

Kathleen Stock

24.11

Why we can’t let Britpop die Britannia no longer feels very cool

Dorian Lynskey

15.11

Bob Dylan has no philosophy His new book is the work of a talker, not a thinker

Geoff Dyer

28.10

Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska nightmare America's heartlands are still haunted by despair

Zachary Hardman

17.10

How Eminem became a role model At 50, he is more than just a talented gadfly

Dorian Lynskey

21.09

Nick Cave’s divine rebirth His suffering was an opportunity for resurrection

Dorian Lynskey

31.05

The Sex Pistols don’t need a TV show Self-immolation was built into their DNA

Dorian Lynskey