Scary cute
CUTE, a new exhibition at Somerset House is a deliciously unsettling stroll down the uncanny valley
Women’s anger and women’s ambiguities
A new exhibition offers interesting, if sometimes confusing, perspectives on women in revolt
The Romantic Resurrection
The death of art, AI and what comes next
Art with extra ideology
Not everything has to be about gender
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unconquered by a
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich
Britain must call its exiles home
The nation cannot continue to lose its top talent
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
Labour’s toxic medicine
The more they treat the symptoms of decline, the worse things get
QAnon for centrist dads
Peter Chappell’s What If Reform Wins is less a political forecast than a Westminster panic attack in novel form
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
Fisticuffs over the fourth movement
When did classical music become so disturbingly polite?
The last ponies on the moor
Dartmoor Ponies are facing an extinction event, thanks to a government Quango
The case for compromise with Cuba
The strategic case for negotiating with Havana
Vote Green to end antisemitism
Critics have been trying to twist their leaders’ words to resemble what they actually said