Alexander Cohen
Alexander Cohen is an Arts Critic. He tweets at @CohenCritic
The eye of the storm
Rachel Podger and Brecon Baroque, Vivaldi, The Four Seasons
The Sea! The Sea!
Southbank Sinfonia Baroque at St John’s Smith Square
There is no human right to assisted suicide
Lady Hale is wrong about the existing laws
Slaying gay culture
How trans activists took over the once worthy gay rights struggle
Revive the roots
To save the Conservative Party, its chairman must return powers to the local associations
Bedazzling
Nigel Farage takes centre stage and everyone else is sidelined
Mad dogs and English football
Our memories of hooliganism deserve more nuance
Lefty men’s failures have radicalised women
Don’t pretend that feminists are being “radical” for no reason
Whistler in black and white
A video artwork that aims to critique Rex Whistler’s controversial mural in Tate Britain lacks context and nuance
How soap helped civilisation to survive
It subdued one of our most dangerous enemies: germs
The sordid truth about the 68ers?
Some claim the “anything goes” philosophy of the left-wing intelligentsia resulted in sex crimes
Being economical with the truth
The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism (& How It Came to Control Your Life). By George Monbiot and Peter Hutchison
The illusion of normality in Nikopol
Determination and death on the front lines of Ukraine