Has the arts sector learned nothing?
Tripling down on identity politics and censoriousness would be fatal
Is this the end of art?
Cultural renewal cannot simply chase demand
Renewing culture for the Right
Why should the culture sector should still be in thrall to the left?
To have, to hold — and to create
Beauty isn’t merely to be owned, but is something to be loved and passed on
Let’s hear it for early music
Competence unencumbered by ideological fog or bureaucratic sprawl
Exams are good for children
Lowering standards is no act of kindness
The long afterlife of a literary classic
Luzzi presents a gallery of portraits, each illuminating a different facet of the poet and his work
Yes, beauty matters. Now what?
How do we address our current artistic crisis and the wearying stalemate of the “culture wars”?
The Museum’s lost craft
These great exhibitions don’t just show art — they teach us to see it
Killing with kindness
Sentimentality and euphemism cloak the cause of assisted suicide
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
What Pullman gets wrong about Narnia
Philip Pullman is more like C.S. Lewis than he might think
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
Get into the groove — why vinyl rocks
On the best sound in popular music
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?
Classic is back
Why contemporary art may be losing ground
The end of corporate silence
Louis Mosley’s demolition of Zack Polanski shows how companies are learning to confront political fantasy head-on
Hard rain in Spain
Domestic scandal has rocketed back to the forefront of Spanish politics
The Real shooting match
Cue the bogus platitudes that leaders make about sport’s ability to heal divisions
Among the true believers
Belgium’s cycling culture is unique, and increasingly under threat
Eine kleine Berlinermusik
Berlin! Berlin! Berlin! (Bis); Love Maps (TXYart)
No, rent controls don’t work
Stop toying with failed ideas and build some damn houses