Heroes, but not trans heroes: How two female artists defied the Nazis
Jeffrey Jackson’s lively and compassionate account plunges readers into the depths of the Occupation and the Channel Islands’ resistance movement
The cost of being a lockdown sceptic
The British intelligentsia as a class has failed in the most public way possible to defend free speech
Francis Bacon’s love affair with France
Limited to only 206 copies, ‘Francis Bacon: Francophile’ is an attractive book sure to be snapped up by Baconophiles
Francis Bacon: A life lived to the full
While the authors of Francis Bacon’s latest biography deliver nothing new on the art, they do show how Bacon lived his life with a unique intensity
Francisco Goya: the embodiment of old Spain
Janis Tomlinson’s new biography of Francisco Goya is a well-informed, comprehensive biography that would make an excellent gift for any art lover
England’s Caravaggio
Matthew Craske’s book challenges the prevailing idea of Joseph Wright as product and servant of rationalism and Enlightenment
A life in miniature
‘Finding Dora Maar: An Artist, an Address Book, a Life’ is Brigitte Benkemoun’s discovery of the provenance of the address book and what it told her about the owner’s life
Maggi Hambling’s Wollstonecraft is earnestly nonconformist
Hambling is like Wollstonecraft – a strong-minded, independent woman who has taken considerable public criticism over many years
Marxist Magic Realism
How Soviet society, gripped by political correctness, descended into madness
In search of Old Mistresses
The National Gallery is putting women artists centre stage
How EU propaganda is targeting the youth of the UK
It is clear that the EU is still thinking of its thousand different ways to win, and it is doing so by bombarding the younger generations with pro-EU messages
Seven indicators that show infections were falling before Lockdown 3.0
Data from seven different indicators establishes that infections were already in decline in England before the January lockdown
Who really got Brexit done?
British sovereignty has been restored – thanks to ERG obstinacy and Keir Starmer’s epic miscalculation
Armin Laschet, Germany’s next Chancellor: Pro-China, Pro-Putin, Pro-Assad?
As China rises and Russia rattles its sabre, the Germans will hope that the younger generation have as much ease learning Mandarin as Merkel’s generation did English
Why is atheism no longer cool?
How the New Atheists failed to make God go away
Male transgenderism is sexism on steroids
Why is it that Eddie Izzard strutting in heels is perceived as more progressive than us boring old vulva-owners in our flat shoes?
A salute to our oldest ally
There’s far more to Portugal than its reputation as one of Europe’s economic basket cases
Transatlantic (Orchid)
Much of the appeal of this Covid-era recital by violinist Callum Smart and pianist Richard Uttley lies in the effort they invest to find common ground
What would be different if Starmer was in charge?
Keir Starmer’s weakness is a lack of healthy scepticism for the wisdom of experts
We must get serious about being intolerant of intolerance
History is clear: excepting blasphemy from freedom of expression causes far more and far greater suffering than it prevents