The 300 Years’ War
How conflict over land ownership shaped conflict over Ireland
The Turner Prize’s identity crisis
The art establishment has revived competent drawing in spite of itself
Merchants of the Venice Biennale
For all its pretentiousness, the Venice Biennale still hints towards higher truths
The sculptor’s funeral
The death of Imogen Stuart represents the passing of an Ireland that built, rather than destroyed
Nemesis comes to Charlottesville
As Americans gleefully melt down statues of Confederate leaders, they may soon discover that iconoclasm is no road to civic peace
The lives of other apes
How to think about our hominid cousins
The Queen’s plinth?
Let’s put this sorry landmark to patriotic use
Animation grows up
Jibaro is an artistic triumph
Oil, art and the perils of patronage
Art patrons have always been on the wrong side of history
Women on the edge
A feminist frame that doesn’t fit
The party that fell for a lie
The WEP is unable to give a straight answer to the question: what is a woman?
Gender identity ideology is undermining healthcare
There is nothing “gender-affirming” about having cancer
Gothic staging
The Turn of the Screw, Coliseum
Light in the darkness
In conversation with Nigel Biggar about his career and the work of the Pharos Foundation
This is England, nor are we out of it
Englishness isn’t an ethnicity, or even an idea. It’s more like auto-destructive art
England is not yet lost
Where else would you rather be from?
Booty contest
This book sets out to rebalance ahistorical narratives of how museum collections were constructed
The US is getting what it wants in the Middle East
Israeli escalations against Hezbollah are not defiance but an extension of U.S. strategy
Are Jewish students really afraid of the Freedom of Speech Act?
Some of have raised concerns, yes, but generalisations are wrong and unhelpful
Assisted dying and the risk of premature surrender
We should be very wary of the circumvention of true palliative care
The Critic guide to glass ceilings
On the self-made men (and women!) of the Labour Party
