Last summer my son was the victim of a racist incident. Not an attack or anything violent. But racist behaviour by a public official. Britain has come a long way on race, and we are noticeably less racist than we were a generation ago, but over the last few years things have started going… Read More Fund the Police | Police, cuts and race
With Trump finally leaving office I asked some Trump fans to write with their view on his Presidency. None took up the offer, so I thought I would write something myself, a sequel to my blog on Nightmare Trump Art: There are lots of ways you can categorise politicians; left and right, liberal or… Read More Nightmare Trump Departs | The End of Trumpism
2020 was so awful that if we had found Godzilla tearing apart our local branch of Sainsbury’s our first thought would be to loot the ruins for toilet paper and pasta. Brexit will be a shambles, starting with the failure to recruit customs officers or build them anywhere to work. The Government and the press… Read More Predictions 2021
Another year in which pop music shifted even further away from skinny white boys with guitars. The most interesting music came at the intersection of soul, r’n’b, jazz and hip-hop, particularly against the background of Black Lives Matters. African pop also continues to produce a steady stream of exciting new stuff. Brittany Howard. OK, so… Read More Best of 2020 | Music