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
The Church of England has failed on gender
To pursue kindness at the expense of truth is self-defeating
Our illiberal Terrorism Act
People should be censured for their actions and not for their beliefs
The grim reality of a citizens’ assembly
A seemingly democratic initiative was nothing of the sort
Katharine Birbalsingh is wrong about religion in schools
Education should prepare us for the good life, not just good grades
Criminal damage remains criminal
A new judgment has challenged a convoluted legal defence of property damage
Michael Gove’s new definition of “extremism” is extremely silly
We cannot define such a vague term with such vague terms
Save St John’s Voices
The glorious tradition of British choral singing should be defended
Unobtrusively superlative
A quietly brilliant Chelsea staple where the food practically tap dances off the fork
There is no magic bullet for raising birth rates
A complex network of spiritual, cultural and economic factors underpin our fertility slump
Attack is the best form of defence
The right cannot always be fighting a rearguard action in the culture wars