Features

Art for oligarchs’ sake

Divorced from aesthetic considerations, the modern art business is a refuge for the uber-rich

A brave voice against the barbarians

David Pryce-Jones recalls a life of literary friendships and the defence of Western civilisation

Fear and longing for life after lockdown

This beautiful city has never felt so ugly, with spies everywhere

Real life seems distant now

Marooned by the pandemic, a war reporter looks for silver linings

Hurrah for small decencies

Local suspicion is outweighed by the kindness of others

What Labour owes to Scotland

Can Keir Starmer succeed without the land of Keir Hardie?

Can Labour learn to love the market?

As state socialism advances on all fronts, what is Labour’s real electoral future?

The post-Christian identity crisis

Three books portray a West unconscious of its past and uncertain of its future

Modi’s ghastly Delhi dream

The plan to remodel Lutyens’s grand capital is a monument to conceit

We’re all preppers now

Waiting for a pandemic in West Virginia