Turning Klimt to kitsch
Why the new wave of “immersive experiences” is a threat to art
What’s wrong with the Human Rights Act?
It makes judges the arbiter of moral and political as well as legal decisions
My “state of the nation” book
England’s Mean Unpleasant Land: How the Tories, Trump and TikTok Screwed Up Britain
Bursting the myth of the “people’s war”
The Home Guard was not a nation-in-arms of the Jacobin kind
Tom Stoppard’s Hampstead drama
Best not try to memorise this deceptive Connect Four of relationships — just get into the flow
The second life of Tracey Emin
A brush with death has revitalised her work
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
Kemi Badenoch’s bad spell
Badenoch keeps bowling lop hops to Keir Starmer
Pandæmonium
Better to reign in hell than serve in government
The fading fumes of the New Right
None of the Tory candidates offer the chance of an ideological makeover
The EU is leaving Britain behind on immigration
The continent is waking up to the need for solutions, and Britain must wake up as well
Why is the BBC so obsessed with drag?
Incessant coverage of drag shows and drag queens has become something of a running joke
