Features
A question of taste
Rex Whistler’s Tate mural should be seen more as an ironic Rococo fantasy than the work of a racist
Out with the Old Masters?
Will traditional museums be replaced by modern “experiences”?
Kicked out of the Comedy Club
Andrew Doyle wonders why so many comedians are offended by the satire of Titania McGrath
Rise of the sex robots
Moral boundaries are being eroded by the rise of sex robots that claim to be “the perfect companion”
Sacking of the libraries
Should libraries should sell historic manuscripts to solve short-term financial problems
All the things I have never done…
Joseph Connolly has never ridden a bike, drunk a pint of biiter or had a curry. Can you match his epic non-achievements?
A letter to Jesus
Frederic Raphael poses some pertinent questions to the son of God
Making history
Charles Saumarez Smith believes the restoration of an historic factory in the Potteries can be a model for preserving our manufacturing past
Homes fit for a post-Covid world
Tim Abrahams asks whether the crisis will prompt builders to create the type of houses we need
Memoirs of a Microaggressor
Will Collins traces the aristocratic roots of the social justice warriors’ search for purity