Lydia Figes
Lydia Figes is Content Editor at Art UK and a freelance journalist. She tweets at @LydiaRFiges
Tove Jansson’s humane vision
A major Paris exhibition highlights timeless themes of the Finnish artist’s ouvre
Being the girl in the green jumper
Cyril Mann’s muse, Renske Mann, rescues the artist from forgotten obscurity
Merchants of the Venice Biennale
For all its pretentiousness, the Venice Biennale still hints towards higher truths
Humza Yousaf, global citizen
Britain needs one, and only one, foreign policy
Cancel the train drivers
Brexiteers, transphobes, racists and right-wingers — but I repeat myself
My police stalker
What do you do when you are being targeted by someone within law enforcement?
Ireland’s Future has no future
Despite Irish separatist campaigning, Northern Ireland’s future remains firmly in the UK
The Conservative love affair with petty prohibitionism
How much time has been wasted on trivial legislation?
British politics is Gething worse and worse
Identity is being prioritised over competence and ambition
The secret diary of a parly staffer
Time to find something more productive for mediocre graduates to do