Alistair Potts
The Boat Race is being steered off course
Moving the Boat Race from London to Ely is a desperate measure
Tough women take on the bad guys
When it comes to spy dramas and domestic angst, less is very definitely more
Borientalism
Madama Butterfly, Opera Ballet Flanders, Antwerp
The problem with EDI
Equality, diversity and inclusion policies are constraining free thought and dividing people
Debunking the decline deniers
Armed police at Christmas markets are a bad sign however you look at it
Hatred without end
A year on from October 7th, mutual dehumanisation and refusal of moral responsibility characterises our “debate” over the Gaza war
Clickbait criticism
A depressing, inarticulate complaint of a generation too paralysed even to make art
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
The idea of the countryside
English rural life in theory and practice
Total eclipse of the art?
Activistic artists and curators are making art a niche political endeavour
How long can Ireland’s gender equality hold?
A gender divide in voting is not as clear as in other countries — but that could change
The big picture
A story of modern Britain, a moral tale, of venality, hubris and fraud
