David Ekserdjian
David Ekserdjian is Professor of History of Art and Film at the University of Leicester, and one of the organisers of the National Gallery’s 2020 Raphael exhibition.
How not to lose your marbles
Selling the Royal Academy’s greatest treasure would be risky and morally wrong
Beware of selling the family silver
The sale of dusty, unloved artworks offers museums a financial lifeline, but is fraught with danger
The art of attribution and the attribution of art
The older the work, the harder it is to be sure what it is or who it’s by. So how do the experts decide?
Decolonising science
Rewritten histories of science, outdated religious shibboleths and notorious omissions
How widespread is NHS qualifications fraud?
A viral Twitter post raises uncomfortable questions about the level of training in British institutions
The problem with securonomics
A genuine strategy for increasing our economic security and resilience as a society would not start with the state
Why Labour has the best history books
Labour continues to blunder down that long blind Blairite alleyway, unable to turn back or find an exit
The new Irish hate speech law will do more harm than good
New legislation endangers liberty and will not address political division
Jam, Jute, journalism, Japanese design
There is a lot more to see and enjoy in Dundee than London reviewers suggested
A Phoenix rises
Professor Jo Phoenix’s legal triumph is also a triumph for free speech
How to mainline true crime
People are tuning in for entertainment, not pure information
Very naughty boys
Progressive parenting is all very well but sometimes misbehaviour needs a firmer approach