Jessica Douglas-Home
Jessica Douglas-Home is the author of William Simmonds: The Silent Heart of the Arts and Crafts Movement (Unicorn)
When in Romania…
This book will be valuable as much for Eastern Europe specialists as for the general reader
The secret university
Jessica Douglas-Home recalls Roger Scruton’s risky but crucial work with dissident intellectuals in the Eastern Bloc
Evolution of a master
Davey’s selection has given us a deeper understanding of the value and practice of drawing
Fracking is just common sense
The war in Ukraine has injected a healthy dose of realism into the West’s energy policy
Why are TRAs body-shaming J.K. Rowling?
In the discourse about “TERFs”, vicious misogyny is never far from the surface
A vivid but oddly unresolved picture
This biography of Constable is but a partial portrait
If it’s broken, fix it
The NI Protocol has not worked, and the EU has done nothing to live up to its commitment to it being temporary
Dr Gabriella Onan: Sex Historian
The straight-faced and straight-laced archaeologist of smut
Bring back Victorian YIMBY-ism
We cling to the buildings our 19th century forebears left behind, but they would decry our squeamishness
Putin’s megalomania is encountering reality
Campaign diary: Russian propaganda has gone from scalpel to sledgehammer
What’s behind that enigmatic smile?
The author of a new novel about the Mona Lisa explores the history of the world’s most famous painting
Joe Wright: Auteur of awfulness
His films are overrated, overindulged, and dismal
June: Letters to the Editor
Ukraine provides the best argument for why countries should not lightly discard nuclear weapons