Art for art’s sake
A collector who bought for pleasure rather than investment
The burgeoning arts scene in Saudi Arabia
How to foster a creative art scene within the setting of state control
Art for cash’s sake
How to buy and sell at a profit
The Kunstkammer
A gallery that contains the curiosities of many peoples
The art of the deal
Pondering the future of big auction houses
Dance with the devil
Should a museum be a venue for the display of works of art for sale?
Complex fractions
Where is the joy and the reward of owning a fractional share in individual art?
Splashing the cash
On the complex relationship between art and money
Vicarious pleasure
On the enduring allure of celebrity cast-offs
Seller beware
Sotheby’s new fee structure favours the auctioneer
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Campaigners should let assisted suicide go
There is no principled case for using the Parliament Acts to squeeze through assisted suicide
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
Fence-sitting in a time of peril
Daniel Johnson condemns the Prime
Minister’s impotent handwringing when
America called for help in the Iran war
The torment and the tourists
Holiday-makers must stop enabling the abuse of horses in Egypt
Wunderbar wines
The love affair between British and German wine is an ancient one
Defending liberalism from its defenders
Liberalism should mean anything but a more interventionist state
From Newton to newts
Putting badgers on the banknotes may avoid controversy, but it also avoids saying anything meaningful about Britain at all
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
The regressive feminism of “angry young women”
Gen Z’s radical vanguard have built their worldview on unprogressive foundations
The original sin
It should not have been difficult to see that there were problems with appointing Peter Mandelson
Keir factor
The prime minister must feel as if he faces the Plagues of Egypt