The Critics
The imagination of Ensor
The great Belgian painter could enliven the most mundane scenes
Behind the scenes at the museums
The exhibits missing from the globe’s galleries and museums
The geopolitical prescience of Handel
On opera’s flirtation with current affairs
Retro Rodrigo is primo
A new nostalgia listening to GUTS
Thoughtful delicacy and austere introspection
An exhibition of the art of Gwen John secures her legacy
Women’s anger and women’s ambiguities
A new exhibition offers interesting, if sometimes confusing, perspectives on women in revolt
Weekends à la mode
Living Architecture is opening minds and changing taste
The second life of Pauline Boty
Critics should not drown this much-needed revival in emotive clichés
Spare me the Great Canadian Warbler
Radio 4 celebrates the limited talents of Joni Mitchell
Taking on ISIS and Eichmann
Covering a French spy thriller, a documentary on Eichmann and a British government drama
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
The EU must change course on energy
European industry is finally standing up to irrational EU climate policies
The resistible centrism of Mark Gatiss
Why a centre-left worldview struggles to understand dissent
Could the driverless car save the country pub?
Autonomous vehicles will give us the freedom to drink further from home
Migration musings
A new book on immigration is welcome in its honestly and openness
Our AI overlords will end bigotry
Bring on the machines
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
Peston’s Inbox
Farage: I’m not worried
NigeDosh: an urgent appeal
Tonight’s political coverage is repeatedly interrupted by urgent appeals for charities that may or may not be fictional
What if the AI bubble bursts?
Arguing that an AI bubble is a good thing reeks of techno-optimist complacency
An intervention on interventionism
US foreign policy hawks should accept a more realistic approach
The Blob playbook
How activist charities subtly shape policy