Art Heist
The case of the legless duchess
A tale that proves the media and the public still thrill to an art theft
Stolen glories
Alexander Adams delves into two new books that examine the art theft of occupying armies in two different ages
To catch a thief
Is a super-rich collector having works stolen to order?
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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
The original sin
It should not have been difficult to see that there were problems with appointing Peter Mandelson
Fisticuffs over the fourth movement
When did classical music become so disturbingly polite?
All the Mendelssohn you will ever need
Mendelssohn: Symphonies and Oratorios (Deutsche Grammophon)
Badenoch in the bindweed
The Conservative Party leader might please no one by trying to please everyone
Legal curiosities
The pursuit of justice in small or atypical jurisdictions has sometimes led to some unusual legal quandaries
Tasty tunes
The Chocolate Soldier, Opera della Luna, Wilton’s Music Hall
The missing variable in the masculinity crisis
The literature on masculinity ignores the most obvious factor of all: a steady, civilisational fall in testosterone
The roots of hatred
Antisemitism, an ancient subject, has once again become a hot topic
California dying
The world’s dream factory now produces scenes from a dystopia
Like a homecoming
A haunted house
Israel does not run U.S. foreign policy
There is nothing wrong with questioning foreign influence — but that influence has been overstated