Getting creative with history
The promise of John-Paul Stonard’s Creation is poisoned by a revisionist agenda
Out of the blue
Despite some political hang-ups, James Fox provides diverting stories on the history of colour
Template for technocrats
Nudge taught a generation of experts how to manipulate the public, free from scrutiny
The perils of artivism
No space for art: how the ICA has been using public generosity to promote political activism
Stolen glories
Alexander Adams delves into two new books that examine the art theft of occupying armies in two different ages
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
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again
The radical feminism—Christianity pipeline
For radical feminists, clarity about the realities of sex often opens onto a search for moral order
Indefinite leave, unlimited access
While Westminster fixates on survival, a deeper battle will decide whether mass migration becomes a permanent and costly feature of the state
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
London is broken
Local politics can’t offer the renewal our nation’s capital desperately needs
Reclaiming Christian nationhood
Linking the Christian faith to our national identity is not radical (or American)
Louis Through
The left-leaning media has lost its moral and institutional authority
Who wants to be a patriotic millionaire?
More taxation will not solve our economic woes
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing
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Farage: I’m not worried