Amid the rueful social media posts over the demise of The Phoenix magazine after 43 years there was a recurring theme: “A lot of people will be able to sleep easier from here on.” If only. Alas, the days when people lost sleep over what might be in The Phoenix are long in the past. There are good reasons for regret that Goldhawk has bitten the dust, not least the loss of people’s livelihoods, but perhaps the biggest is that the magazine wasn’t sold and rejuvenated a decade ago. It still had something worth buying then, even if its best…

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