Dominic Green
The rewriting of American history
The study of US political history is disappearing from American campuses. But bestselling books on the subject give cause for hope
Greta’s very corporate children’s crusade
Behind the schoolgirl climate warrior lies a shadowy cabal of lobbyists, investors and energy companies seeking to profit from a green bonanza
Music to the ears of the anti-Semitic Left
Radical young Democrats such as Ilhan Omar are rising, while stars from the golden age of Democratic centrism are losing the big-ticket Millennial audience.
There’s nowt so fake as “folk”
The Scots, Welsh and Irish have an authentic tradition of folk songs. England demonstrably does not
Overrated: Billy Bragg
The “folk-singing” darling of the Corbynistas is a musical and political fake
Collectivised clicks
‘As Silicon Valley comes to Washington, the pattern of 21st-century journalism is emerging’
Probing Punk’s Politics
“Punk’s politics began in creativity and generalised disgust, but ended in stupidity and fascism”
Writers In Residence
“The only thing worse than living in the mausoleum of a dead writer is living with a bunch of living ones”
Political Playpen
“Social justice” and the New Left’s takeover of academic institutions
Giotto The Great
Great art endures; great art forever changes.
Will the green agenda be killed off by the pandemic?
‘Will the green agenda be killed off by the longer-term coronavirus recovery? Or might the closure of so much business, and the cleaner air that results from planes not flying and factories not working, give us extra years to gain control of our environment?’
Why T.S. Eliot still matters
His contemporaries’ reputations have diminished. But Eliot’s has grown: he is the poet who shows us what can be saved from the ruins
Music’s in the house
Rappers have found a role in lockdown: chronicling coronavirus with topical tunes. Most people, though, are rushing to the safety of the past