Jacob Willer
Jacob Willer is an artist. You can find his Twitter at @WillerJacob
Feminist art historians get Artemisia Gentileschi wrong
Contemporary feminist art theory: little help in understanding a seventeenth century artist
Maggi Hambling’s sculpture is simply bad art
Perhaps if it were a simply better artwork, then Hambling’s statue would have been more warmly received
Unwelcome rise of a truly awful artist
Jacob Willer examines the extravagant claims made about an Italian painter hailed as the saviour of revivalism
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Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
Pretending obligatory is “voluntary”
There is no better way to destroy people’s independence and probity
The flawed thinking behind state suicide
Kathleen Stock demonstrates the value of a philosopher’s analytical mind in a sharp critique of assisted suicide
The last true Kapellmeister
Chaotic in all things except music, where he demanded precision and gave his all
The Islamists’ young recruits
Islamist networks are increasingly targeting children, and the British state refuses to acknowledge the problem
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
Remembering 2020
It is important to remember what an irrational and hostile time it was
Terry tackles literary lightweights
Is a distinguished professor right to hold intellectual biography in low esteem?
How the sausage gets made
On the illusions of evidence-based policy
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
