Martin Kemp
Martin Kemp is Emeritus Professor of the History of Art, Trinity College, Oxford and author of Heavenly Visions: Dante and the Art of Divine Light (Lund Humphries, 2021).
Let there be light
Raphael’s masterful depiction of divine light owes much to Dante, who incorporated the latest
optical thinking in his visionary poetry
How Roman women were victimised twice
The victims of abuse could also be degraded by historians
Journeys in Genderland
The stories of people caught up in the madness of gender ideology are beyond belief
The great British giveaway
The handover of the Chagos Islands reflects a wider lack of realism in UK foreign policy
Kemi Badenoch has a problem with the truth
From wokeness, to housing, to immigration her words don’t match the facts
The Church of England’s race to the bottom
The Church of England should not be putting ideology before history
Hoorah for winter!
Life comes alive again in October when you can start anticipating proper National Hunt racing
Cardinal win
Conclave is a political drama and a closed-room mystery rolled into one
Labour’s favourite banker
Questions can be asked about the relationship between the Labour Party and Anthony Watson
Is the culture war over?
Populist political victories do nothing to change the reality of progressive institutional dominance