Quickfire What JK Rowling and John Cleese get wrong about cancel culture A belief in accountability does not involve condoning threats or violence – and freedom of expression does not mean freedom from consequence. By Billy Bragg
Book of the Day Bob Stanley’s pre-history of pop breathes life into a lost musical era By Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg’s Diary: My Hyde Park soapbox, Frank Zappa’s hologram and boyhood war games in Barking In the past year, Speakers’ Corner in Hyde Park has been the scene of rowdy confrontations between Islamists and… By Billy Bragg
The rise, fall and return of Shirley Collins, heroine of English folk music In the beery, beardy world of folk music, Collins – a young, working class woman – had few people… By Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg on Ronnie Lane’s Slim Chance: “He scours the edgelands of British pop culture” From the Long Players series: writers on their most cherished albums. By Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg’s Diary: would Harry Potter have voted for Brexit? He just looks like a Tory. By Billy Bragg
To win power, Labour needs to start talking about giving it away From the House of Lords to First Past the Post, the Labour Party must seek reforms to return power… By Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg: Here’s how Labour can truly “speak for England“ Rather than seeking to wrap itself in the Cross of St George in the hope of looking patriotic, the… By Billy Bragg