The Boris cult lives on
What his new portrait says about him
Painting Queen Elizabeth
The painted surface of monarchy is everything
The woven woman
A new Louise Bourgeois exhibition revels in the difficult femininity of her work
Grow Britain by getting out of the way
Gove has swallowed the opposition’s patronising rationalisations of Brexit, along with their economically illiterate solutions
We all broke lockdown, and we should have broken it more
Time to admit it: the rules were always silly, and often cruel
Love, fame, power: the false allure of the celebrity politician
To truly achieve celebrity status and win a place in the nation’s affections you have to give up your political ambitions – just look at Ed Balls
Why Damien Hirst is the perfect artist for the pandemic
Damien Hirst’s work encapsulates the sterility, isolation and obsession with death of these times, says Alys Denby
Tom Stoppard’s Hampstead drama
Best not try to memorise this deceptive Connect Four of relationships — just get into the flow
The strange death of the Office for Place
The demise of the Office for Place is a missed opportunity for housing
Not a relaunch
Is that a PLAN FOR CHANGE in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me?
Eric Fogey
Dr Fogey genuinely does believe that virtually every enlightened measure of the past 200 years was a mistake
Revising Roman rottenness
The monsters of old can teach us about the monsters of today
The new equality bar
Is the Bar Standards Council really fit to enforce a proposed raft of new equality rules?
Is the law going coconuts?
The acquittal of a pro-Palestine protestor on free speech grounds should not be a one-off
Something has gone very wrong with “human rights”
When the “rights” of foreign sex criminals are being prioritised above the safety of Britons, we need change
Much more than mere child’s play
Children’s literature is the platform on which everything else is built
Which country?
Our rural landscape is much misunderstood
Total eclipse of the art?
Activistic artists and curators are making art a niche political endeavour
