Encouraging evil for the common good
Mansfield does not condemn him: rather refreshingly he exhilarates in Machiavelli’s genius
Thoughtful delicacy and austere introspection
An exhibition of the art of Gwen John secures her legacy
What survives of love
A splendid exhibition explores the history of romance
The sacred and the profane
Vermeer at the Rijksmuseum
Insanity and death
Munch at the Musée D’Orsay
Save St John’s Voices
The glorious tradition of British choral singing should be defended
How not to investigate the origins of Covid
Wuhan: How the Covid-19 Outbreak in China Spiralled Out of Control by Dali L. Yang
Why the goal glut?
Football — never boring, even when Italy is defending a 1–0 lead — has only grown more exciting
Grimdull
The fantasy genre is afflicted by a dull and tedious obsession with adolescent cynicism, prurient scenes and one dimensional anti-heroes
The Boy who never grew old
Eric Ravilious’s ethereal watercolours chime with today’s sensibilities
The conversion of St Lee
Never mind migrants converting, what about the MPs?
Weak, flawed, limited; an opportunity missed
Sanghera really should have devoted more attention to the pre-Western history in Empireworld
Were lockdowns ethical?
Questionable benefits were emphasised above obvious and dramatic harms
Sleepwalking towards abolishing abortion law
How can a crime be a crime if it implies no consequences?
Cultural Christianity and the vulgar wisdom of memes
Dawkins is caught between the pure idea of rationalism, and the messy meme of cultural Christianity
Go west
Rishi has been a bit down lately
