Laura Freeman
Laura Freeman is a freelance arts critic and book reviewer. She is writing a biography, Ways of Life: Jim Ede and the Kettle’s Yard Artists, to be published by Jonathan Cape
A question of selection
The Sensible Centrists have made a flawed case against party members choosing leaders
“Trad” theatre can still feel fresh
West End strikes a balance between keeping their spine and nostalgic appeal, whilst avoiding creakiness
Selected for greatness
Some men are born to greatness, others are parachuted into Tory safe seats
War, peace, and architecture in Munster
A welcome if flawed history of Irish architecture
Jane Austen versus virtue signalling
What Mansfield Park can tell us about contemporary politics
Less smoking, more cancer?
Yet more nonsense from the public health lobby
Starmer and the blob
The Conservatives must focus on our constitutional order
Why are our politicians afraid of politics?
The depoliticisation of policy should concern us all
Nesta, I detest ya
An engine of innovation has become a puddle of inanity
Old man shouts at Trump
The US Presidential debate was a tragicomic spectacle
What the Conservatives should learn from Keir Starmer
The only way to reform the Tories is to purge