24 Jan 2022 - 12:00am

Pop can’t escape the Eighties We all desperately yearn to escape the mundane

Dorian Lynskey

03.01

The importance of an angry woman It's no wonder girls are so miserable

Mary Harrington

24.11

The importance of Freddie Mercury After his death, gay society became more reckless

Philip Hensher

08.11

Leonard Cohen was enslaved by Eros He elevated sex to the sublime life force of creation

Maurice Glasman

05.11

The Velvet Underground had to die Nobody wants their heroes to survive

Ann Manov

18.08

The beautiful world of heavy metal Why does a genre obsessed with death attract the kindest people?

Tom Chivers

16.08

Nirvana’s teen spirit will never get old Kurt Cobain's disgust for his generation became its anthem

Dorian Lynskey

05.08

The Ramones didn’t want to grow up They invented punk rock — but couldn't survive it

Dorian Lynskey

27.07

Can opera survive the culture wars? A singer's skin colour has become more important than his voice

26.07

Why we love to hate Imagine John Lennon's nakedly idealist hymn is easy to deride

Dorian Lynskey

21.07

Nightclubs won’t save you Rave culture has given way to authoritarianism

Mary Harrington

08.07

Would the Spice Girls survive today? 'Girl Power' used to be audacious — now it means stripping off for the sake of it

Julie Burchill