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 souping of Saint Vincent
The iconoclastic impulse must be curbed
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Orbánism is not dead
The veteran Hungarian prime minister is going but his agenda lives on
The big crunch
How university expansion failed to prepare Britain for the future
In defence of division
We cannot allow oikophobes and iconoclasts to define what it means for us to be united
A frozen war?
The US should put stubbornness aside and end the conflict with Iran
Politicians can’t handle free speech
The more criticism ministers receive online, the more determined they become to regulate what everyone else can say
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
Paean to a green and pleasant land
The finest living example of that perennial English type, the countryman-writer
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Election objections
Andy Burnham doesn’t need a general election mandate
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship