Emily Lawford
Emily Lawford is a freelance journalist. @emilylawford
There’s always hope
Union hacks never die, they just go into corporate comms
The end of art critics
The critics who are now lackeys of the art world
What is Toryism for?
What has it done if it has not made a system it wishes to defend?
We need more have-yachts
The tragedy of the Bayesian highlights a wider issue about our lack of ambition
Make high culture popular again
We need to face the music and embrace the highbrow
Worthy instrument
York Bowen, Willam Walton: Viola concertos (SWR Music)
Season’s bleatings
Christmas is almost here, but our MPs are not in the festive spirit
Brutalist beauties
These monstrosities were imposed on the population, not desired
Marianna in the trenches
She wants to dive into the murky depths of social media, but her microphone can only scratch the surface
Dissertations and their discontents
PhD funding is a valid subject for debate but social media mobs are not the answer