Features
Chronicles of an epic egomaniac
Tackling Harold Bloom
The art of attribution and the attribution of art
The older the work, the harder it is to be sure what it is or who it’s by. So how do the experts decide?
The Critic Interview: Gilbert and George
Michael Prodger meets the defiantly independent duo who back Brexit and resent the hostility of the art establishment towards them
The beauty of Brutalism
Durham’s concrete masterpiece needs love, not the wrecking ball
As easy as pie plant
How to pamper your rhubarb patch
Prize-winner reprises and rediscovered tales
From Young Mungo to The Candy House: three new novels to read this month
Manifesto for traditional elegance
Classicism’s enduring relevance and timeless appeal
Why is the LGB Alliance film having its funding cut?
The charity is being hounded in the courts by TRAs, but cash is still making its way to the “Family Sex Show”
G.K. Chesterton and the pandemic
The prince of paradox predicted the absurdities of Covid lockdowns
What would Václav Havel have made of gender wars?
The former Czech president and playwright would have invited JK Rowling over for a beer
The progressive war on sex
New norms around “consent” are aimed at destroying the miracle of intimacy
New development will ruin the National Theatre
Make Architects’ disastrous plans risk destroying the character of the South Bank
Women’s rights shouldn’t be up for debate
MPs need to stop questioning the rights of biological women
The fall of Port Stanley
Letters from the Falklands front: no April fool
A very modern monarch
Rakib’s Britain: The Queen has been a powerful force for unity in a rapidly changing and multicultural Britain