Jonathan Clarkson
Jonathan Clarkson is a lecturer in art history at Cardiff Metropolitan University. His monograph, John Constable, was published by Phaidon in 2010
A vivid but oddly unresolved picture
This biography of Constable is but a partial portrait
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
Hippo critical
No Roman left a greater intellectual legacy than Augustine, whose writings shaped Christianity and the Western mind for more than a millennium
Papal pressures
The Pope was well-received in Spain, but political tensions have been mounting
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game
The hidden bureaucracy shaping Britain’s university curriculum
Putting an end to ideological capture must start with the Quality Assurance Agency
Deciphering the royal dress code
Fashion, in royal hands, became a form of branding
The memory wars
Poland and Ukraine must find some way to stop falling out over history
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
