Whistler in black and white
A video artwork that aims to critique Rex Whistler’s controversial mural in Tate Britain lacks context and nuance
Blueprint for a starchitect
Robert A. M. Stern’s approach to designing buildings combines exuberance with historicism
Doing Burlington dirty
The Government’s is hounding distinguished societies from their prestigious premises
The lockdown boom in an empty room
Auction houses have enjoyed a stellar pandemic, but could their online success prove a curse?
The ultimate luxury
Clive Aslet says the Barclay brothers were prescient when they built their grand private castle on Brecqhou. Today, true privacy is something only serious money can buy
A question of taste
Rex Whistler’s Tate mural should be seen more as an ironic Rococo fantasy than the work of a racist
London revisited
Can London adapt to different work practices and living priorities after Covid-19 recedes?
Building Scrutopia
Sir Roger Scruton and the architectural establishment
The fables of Davos Man
Yuval Noah Harari has written another long book with little wisdom
Art sales slump
Real world issues have quenched the post-COVID euphoria
The stress myth
Your emotions are not an illness
Smacking harms children
Smacking didn’t harm you? Maybe this debate isn’t for you
The tragedy of Radio 3
The centenary “celebration” of the BBC Singers summed up everything that has gone wrong
Lightweight Kate Winslet
Our most versatile of English roses must accept that one role is beyond even her
The Conservatives must reject Human Quantitative Easing
It has been a disaster for the party and for the nation
Defending life and liberty
Abortion buffer zones hurt, rather than help women and babies
Fraser Nelson’s immigration holdout
The columnist may still be fighting but the war has been lost
Heroes, villains and lessons in life
Intellectual history, sneered at in Oxford 40 years ago, is all the rage there now
Reparate good times, come on!
The Critic’s Extremely Factual Guide to Slavery Reparations the UK Most Definitely Owes
