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
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale
Calypso and carnage
A seismic Test series and a harbinger of a new force in Test cricket
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
Good news for the rule of law
Activists who break the law should not be able to appeal to their high-minded motives
The book awards are a joke
The panel of non-literary judges shows just how frivolous the Nibbies are
Decolonisation dissected
This toxic and destructive ideology must be rejected
Sing for victory
The days when recording a novelty single was a pre-tour duty are long gone
The great recoupling
Our politicians have a bizarre sense of costs and benefits when it comes to energy
The old age elephant in the room
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?