Picturing Colonial Africa
Alexander Adams reviews Postcards from Africa: Photographs of the Colonial Era, by Christraud M. Geary
Hidden London
Hidden London’s evocative photos of dereliction will fascinate commuters and tourists alike
Banksy and the triumph of banality
How the shallow culture warrior hoodwinked a generation
Airline Maps: A century of art and design
An enjoyable visual book that acts as a history of aviation
Cancel the Turner
It looks like it was made by artists who don’t like art and chosen by judges who don’t either
Painting by numbers
Alexander Adams counts the cost of female artistic success
Scruton’s Danubian overtures
Sir Roger Scruton: A classical composer and inspiration to Hungarian students
Christmas drinks
Fergus Butler-Gallie blesses that which unites church and pub
Thespians in the woods
Alexander Larman explains how pantomime went upmarket
Naughty but nice
Every six months or so opera surfaces from its undersea lair, like a Bond villain, to enter public consciousness — generally when it’s been naughty.
