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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
Paean to a green and pleasant land
The finest living example of that perennial English type, the countryman-writer
British comedy: a post-mortem
British comedy has become safe, stale and contrived
Information rage
Jacob Siegel’s new book The Information State is profound and troubling
One year later
Despite the Supreme Court ruling, the gender argument is not going anywhere
The case against Project Spire
The Church of England should abandon this misleading and expensive exercise in virtue signalling
The rise and fall of Star Trek liberalism
We should celebrate real-world achievement rather than identitarian fantasy
Beyond the binge
Let’s try subtlety
A new town versus an old estate
Development in the heart of rural Oxfordshire will change the ecology of the surrounding area
The strange birth of woo-woo
The glitzy LA supermarket chain and the Buddhist food cult behind your wellness smoothie
Most Read
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
A case for Classics
Eager minds are being failed by a smug and short-sighted cultural establishment
The return of a luxury lingerie brand
La Perla isn’t about the male gaze; it’s about feminine feel
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
Quinlan Terry
He kept the flame of classicism alive at a time when it burnt very low
An uneasy peace amid the ruins
Four million citizens of Damascus remain uncertain of what the future will bring
To defeat populism, don’t start here
Views that would be charming in their naivety, were they not so contradictory or facile
The cost of equal outcomes
By treating disparities in mental health detention as evidence of racism, the NHS is sacrificing safety
The slow vibe shift
Escaping our “post-cultural state” will not happen overnight
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Are Reform the new Greens?
As the Green Party loses interest in rural matters, Richard Negus considers the claim that British agriculture and the countryside have a new champion
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions