A neglected radical
Guillaume Guillon-Lethière was an artistic and social pioneer
Remnant Rubens
A provincial folk artist offers an alternative view of Georgian society
X scandal
The fault lay in the dirty minds of the viewers, he said
First impressions
The first Impressionist exhibition was no obscure bit of posturing, but artistic sedition
Netherworld
The Dutch golden age could be anything but for the painters
The erotic art book banned by a pope
A rich tale of great artists, pornography and the papacy has made I Modi one of the most fabled of all books
Behind the scenes at the museums
The exhibits missing from the globe’s galleries and museums
A novel collector
The legacy left by art collector and novelist Hugh Walpole
A new madonna
On AI and authenticity
Aryan idol
On the surprising legacy of an iconic eleventh century sculpture.
Bad education
Under Labour a deeply ideological education sector could go very quickly and badly wrong
D stands for disgrace
He’ll start the defeat from right here
Rosemary Sutcliff
A writer of genius, capable of conveying the feelings and lives of those who lived in the distant past
What the Conservatives should learn from Keir Starmer
The only way to reform the Tories is to purge
A time for restoration
An interview with David Starkey
The ghosts of Tory past
The Conservatives are haunted by the spirits of the last two decades
How ideology threatens to corrupt science
Ideological censorship in science is antithetical to its purpose and its methods
The slain in Spain, and Belfast again
This police drama tidies up loose ends just enough, but still leaves the viewers wanting more
Fighting lies with lies
What depths will we need to go to in order to tackle disinformation in our own time?
Lactose intolerance
Stories of social progress are our mother’s, er, I mean, our parents’ milk
The pitfalls of protecting beliefs
Parties should have the right to make foolish decisions about what ideas to exclude
