Archives
A return to duty
Campaign Diary: Bedbound reflections on the ongoing brutality of war in Ukraine
We need more private schools
The last thing we should do is make them more expensive
The Chronicles of Borisland
A magical land where it is always summer and nobody ever has to resign
Why women don’t trust Penny Mordaunt
She is not being honest about her record
Against industrial decline
The Green Industrial Revolution was not enough to revive British industry
Don’t mock the Med mindset
What the Spanish have lost in international relevance, they make up in appreciating life
Amanda Scrimgeour: Glamour hound
Some people are born to rake over the coals of ancient scandals
Lamar’s lament
Good art doesn’t have to be politically correct
Isabella Leonarda; A portrait (Brilliant Classics)
Passion and originality blossom behind the walls of the cloister
The timelessness of Henry Moore
How a modernist bogeyman became an Old Master
Bernard-Henri Lévy
France’s celebrity philosopher, war reporter and professional pessimist
The first female President will be Republican
American conservatives are far less averse to assertive women than the political left
In defence of the incredulous stare
To argue is to indulge in a practice, with all that this entails
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
A matter of life and death
It is not the job of judges to tell someone that they are wrong for believing in life
Must-Miss TV
Your regular Critic round-up of the hottest shows and films.
Farewell to Larry Siedentop
The great political philosopher, Oxford don, and sage defender of Western liberalism
From the monstrous to the grotesque
Hitler’s cult of charismatic leadership is indistinguishable from the ideology of National Socialism
The second life of Tracey Emin
A brush with death has revitalised her work
A book about nothing
A new collection from Adrian Chiles is certainly curious
In defence of Michael Foran
Do not confuse the intensity of trolls for righteousness
