Art for oligarchs’ sake
Divorced from aesthetic considerations, the modern art business is a refuge for the uber-rich
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Confessions of a Yankee Anglophile
For all our differences, Americans and Britons will never be too far apart
Empire State Madrid
Can a stagnant Spain rediscover the future? Hope lies with its capital
Jolly boating weather
The Gondoliers, English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire
Remembering 2020
It is important to remember what an irrational and hostile time it was
Art: my part in its downfall
Pierre d’Alancaisez was part of the
contemporary art world’s inner circle until
he saw the error of his ways
Britain needs the Med mindset
We have to adapt to the sweatier realities of a changing climate
The Islamopopulist march continues
Overshadowed by the Reform and Green surges, the Muslim vote continues a long march through the corridors of power
Scotland’s biggest legal scandal
Hundreds of men could have being denied their right to a fair trial because of a justice system that rules important character evidence inadmissible
The end of corporate silence
Louis Mosley’s demolition of Zack Polanski shows how companies are learning to confront political fantasy head-on
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them
A magnificent navy on land
The state of the British Armed Forces triumphantly vindicates Parkinson’s Law