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The Zelensky dilemma
Rhetoric will not end the war
Oil, art and the perils of patronage
Art patrons have always been on the wrong side of history
A School of Place?
Wrong answers to good questions on urban design
It’s not for kids
Children are always unwelcome in Opera, except in The Magic Flute
In praise of pomp and pageantry
We must not have a stripped-down coronation
Germany at the crossroads
Coming to terms with Merkel’s toxic legacy
Get CRT out of schools
Divisive ideas are being imposed on our kids
Dem bones, dem sky-high bones
Dinosaur skeletons have stalked their way out of the museum world and into that of well-heeled collectors
Politics is not downstream from culture
Against Top Gear conservatism
Against baby factories
The individual family protects us from state power
Save us from the menopause mystique
“Menopausal” products make life more rather than less alienating
Why is the BBC so obsessed with drag?
Incessant coverage of drag shows and drag queens has become something of a running joke
The French far right are losers
Will Rassemblement National will ever be the ruling party?
The Sturgeon delusion
How the former SNP leader inspired hope and then squandered it
Ultra processed arguments
Public health commentators cannot seem to decide what is safe to eat
The age of reason, sliced and diced
No historian wields Ockham’s razor more effectively than J.C.D. Clark
A constructive opposition
The age of Badenoch is off to a suitably farcical start
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
The truth about Notting Hill Carnival
We should be more honest about the dark side of the event
The attractions of extremes
Are we going to become ever more passive consumers of other people’s thoughts and memories?
A book about nothing
A new collection from Adrian Chiles is certainly curious
