The cathedral and the museum
With declining attendances and a neglect of their core mission, churches and art galleries have much in common
Forever stuck in the nineties
Sarah Lucas and the sexual revolution that wasn’t
The culture war has become the culture
On the discourse and the subject
Growth, grift and speculation
What can art tell us about economics?
In a world without God, what does suicide mean?
When society no longer sees the taking of one’s own life as a sin, it is unclear who should be responsible for attempting to prevent such deaths
The museum tells it how it was
On the creation of national identity
A movement to where?
What, if anything, is “right-wing” art?
The Sagan standard
Liverpool’s Biennial rhetoric forgets about art
Hive collapse
The new elites have ruined everything. Now they’re destroying themselves
The arts must secede
Against the cultural-industrial complex
The Greens are worse than useless
Their reputation for being nice if a touch naive is far too generous
Burmese days: for good and ill
There was much naivety in depicting the Anglo-Burmese engagement as one of mutual enlightenment
Lefty men’s failures have radicalised women
Don’t pretend that feminists are being “radical” for no reason
Lone danger
One certainly wouldn’t expect anything resembling loyalty from the wolves running “Theatreland”
The UPF panic is a fad
Chris van Tulleken cannot seem to decide what an ultra-processed food even is
Spies and butterflies
We should prepare for new modern forms of espionage
How short is an arm in the arts?
ACE’s politicisation goes back all the way to the Blair government
Why the election was good for Unionism
A diversity of voices will help rather than hinder the cause
Sweet vengeance could turn sour
Anti-Conservative right-wingers should be careful what they wish for
The gender wars have not been won
“No debate” has been defeated — but the debate is still ongoing
The renovation of the Heal’s Building
Londoners are sentimental about the early-twentieth-century Tottenham Court Road store, Heal’s
