Strange new world
A new art history hinges on a proleptic reading of Edwardian history
The last of the fine arts
Hockney insisted on doing exactly as he pleased — and his cigarettes were as much a part of his artistic philosophy as his paintbrush.
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How Bridget Phillipson earned an F
Phillipson’s big ambitions were reduced to performative stunts
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Not mad for it
I Puritani, Royal Opera, Covent Garden
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
The tears of Keir’s
It was an anticlimactic end to an unconvincing premiership
Taylor’s Version of feminism
Taylor Swift’s marriage is less a retreat from feminism than its logical conclusion
An indefensible defence policy
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A day out at Unite the Kingdom
Tommy Robinson’s latest demonstration was a peculiarly hammy affair
Scotland’s biggest legal scandal
Hundreds of men could have being denied their right to a fair trial because of a justice system that rules important character evidence inadmissible
The problem with optimisation
Feeling maximally healthy and productive is not the point of life
Not so good after all
Can left-leaning journalists finally acknowledge the challenges British society faces?
Bonfire of the fallacies
Two opposing ideas about hard power and foreign policy — legalism and nihilism — are being exposed by the Trump
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The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour