2026 Venice Biennale
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
A very postmodern schism
A postmodern spectacle exposed deep divisions about the nature of truth
The excesses of intellectual illiberalism
Justified dissatisfaction with liberal modernity has curdled into something alarmist and authoritarian
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
Not so good after all
Can left-leaning journalists finally acknowledge the challenges British society faces?
Campaigners should let assisted suicide go
There is no principled case for using the Parliament Acts to squeeze through assisted suicide
Restore the King James Bible
Those who are opposed, please consider, in the bowels of Christ, whether you may be mistaken
Unusual summer reds
Think exotic spices, maraschino cherries and curly shoes
Why are doctors special?
Doctors have a lot less to complain about than other workers
The spy chief who sold us Blue Nun
Raise a glass to a long life, very well lived
Questionably loyal opposition
A “rainbow coalition” between Conservatives and the Greens raises questions about the state of the Tories
Britain must maintain its cultural inheritance
We should not allow our masterpieces to disappear overseas