To catch a thief
Is a super-rich collector having works stolen to order?
The late Leonardo
The Louvre’s anniversary exhibition has been a fraught exercise from first to last
Studio: Election Artists
Michael Prodger takes a look at the artists who paint politics
Bitter pills
Ethical values and financial necessity are not always perfectly compatible
The Critic Interview: Gilbert and George
Michael Prodger meets the defiantly independent duo who back Brexit and resent the hostility of the art establishment towards them
The Bar should say “bye” to EDI
Barristers should not have to follow ever more extensive equality standards
What does it mean to be Christian?
We are in danger of reducing faith to the shallow depths of personality and politics
From austerity to the Swinging Sixties
Two books by David Kirby and Robyn Hitchcock are the equivalent of two albums’ worth of their authors’ holiday snaps
October letters
Misquoting Shakespeare and a rounded sense of humour
Forces of nature
Antonin Dvorak: Symphonies (Warner/Pentatone)
We need to protect our digital rights
The curbing of dissident speech online should be opposed
Two-tier policing is not new
Our authorities must operate without fear or favour again
Minimum pricing, maximum annoyance
No one wins when the minimum price for alcohol rises
An optimistic history of women’s rights
Sexed: A History of British Feminism. Susanna Rustin
Night of the ghost fascism
If a far right protest is rumoured but no one turns up, can it be counter-protested?
How can we talk about male violence now?
Our discourse should be a lot more honest and a lot more serious
