Gauguin was not an artist who lent himself to categorisation

Cleverness is a virtue in itself but is never sterile or without purpose

The vaunted German model really is kaput — bust

Any captured, destroyed city, offers the same problems for the new owners

Ordinary citizens feel a greater claim than ever before to what goes on in public institutions

A new collection from Adrian Chiles is certainly curious

The Home Guard was not a nation-in-arms of the Jacobin kind

The contempt of publishers for middle-class life and values is diminishing the novel

A new book about the discovery of classical sculptures and frescoes is itself a real treasure

The monsters of old can teach us about the monsters of today