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Two portraits of troubled art scholars
A pair of debut novels revive the serious business of art history
Vinyl solution
Vinyl’s comeback is down to a desire for a tangible point of contact with a performer
Panto in parliament
Michael Gove takes us on a regional tour
In harm’s way
What counts as serious harm in cases of libel?
Born in the wrong body
Scientific advancements in uterine transplantation don’t represent progress
The salvation of crime fiction
In praise of delectably dark escapism
The roots of U.S. support for Israel
Walter Russell Mead offers a counterblast to claims of a pro-Israel lobby influencing US politics
The beastly East
The question is whether the heart of Whitechapel can keep its character under the pressures of urban development
Keep physical books
We have to protect cultural history
Instruments of shock and awe
Jean Sibelius/Arne Nordheim; The Tempest (Naxos/LAWO)
Trojan horse separatism
Spanish unity is being bartered away in a game of political greed as a Catalan coup-leader is allowed to stroll back into the country
The blame, again, falls on Sinn Fein
The party responded appallingly to its press officer being accused of child sex offences
The art of violence
High jinks in the Groucho Club are small beer when compared to the misdeeds of their artist ancestors
The election is still Trump’s to lose
His performance has been weak but his advantages are many
The great British giveaway
The handover of the Chagos Islands reflects a wider lack of realism in UK foreign policy
The predictability of subverting expectations
What to expect when you’re expecting your expectations to be subverted
Perfect victims and a tale of two films
Don’t idealise victims — listen to them
No average Joe
“He looked like the Milkybar Kid but played like Clint Eastwood”
Free speech defenders should practice what they preach
There should be no illiberal exception for anti-Zionist academics
Procedural Man
The Process is good, the Process is correct, no matter what, trust the Process
Explaining reality to Ed Miliband
You can’t ban baking and eat cake
