The disgrace of ACE
Arts Council England has failed to support artists and art
And the band played on
Cash crisis in the arts — what’s new?
Death of the model railway?
Not so fast — this is one railway network Beeching can’t cut, and its built of life long fascination
Modernists can be monarchists
Radical composers are not out to smash the system
Reconstructing a self-destructive life
One thing in Roth’s messy existence makes him worth our time: his writing
Like Wotan driving the storm
What it’s like to fulfil a boyhood dream on the footplate of a classic steam locomotive
Last swipe at the Proms
Is it time to give a grudging nod of acknowledgement to the BBC Proms?
Up-and-down towns
The rise and fall of English towns in the 1960s and 80s
Rising above the mob
Questioning is kryptonite to the genderist cause
A passionate battler for buildings
A manichaean choice between the organic adaptation of old buildings and the beauty of the new
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
Red lines
Fighting Ulster’s flag downgrade
On the awfulness of liberals
The Lords must put the Leadbeater bill to sleep
What does it mean to be Christian?
We are in danger of reducing faith to the shallow depths of personality and politics
The rise of suburbia
The English experiment in liminal living
Who are the Scottish Conservatives?
The election of Russell Findlay to lead the Scottish Conservatives reveals a party that doesn’t know what it stands for
The great migration
What will Twitter do without its smuggest inhabitants?
In search of forgotten heroes
The Church has consigned to oblivion those who risked all to end the slave trade
