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
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
The miracle of the magical migrants
Is a man’s identity is fluid when he steps on British soil, but calcified on African soil?
Entebbe and the Israeli way of war
Fifty years after Israel’s most audacious hostage rescue, its legacy still shapes how the country understands security, citizenship and war
What makes an American?
What characterises a US citizen in the 21st century, beyond abiding by the country’s laws and supporting its constitution?
The problem with optimisation
Feeling maximally healthy and productive is not the point of life
Digging for gold
La fanciulla del West, Opera Holland Park
The shape of a different Britain
Early modernist homes in Frinton-on-Sea capture a moment of confidence in a rapidly changing world
Britain’s housing crisis is a crisis for veterans
We have to make the system more able to house our heroes
Is this the end of art?
Cultural renewal cannot simply chase demand
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
Unholy war
The Kremlin’s actions contradict its image of itself
Sexy sisters and holy hotties
Less Sister Simper, more Attila the Nun