Art History
The imagination of Ensor
The great Belgian painter could enliven the most mundane scenes
From the Trojan War to conflict in Ukraine
Rich insights into eras of incessant bloodletting
The second life of Pauline Boty
Critics should not drown this much-needed revival in emotive clichés
What’s in a collection of Ancient Greek sculptures’ name?
Should we refer to the Elgin Marbles or Parthenon Sculptures?
Why a great artist stopped painting
Even Dürer was probably a little surprised
Resurrecting Lavery
The decline of Sir John Lavery’s reputation was undeserved
The elephant in the avant-garde
The totalitarian trend in Modernism demands acknowledgement
History is a battleground
How the world struggles to protect its heritage
Aryan idol
On the surprising legacy of an iconic eleventh century sculpture.
What survives of love
A splendid exhibition explores the history of romance
The Tory beauty contest
The good, the bad, the ugly and the downright embarrassing
No average Joe
“He looked like the Milkybar Kid but played like Clint Eastwood”
Rocking the Reichstag
Women across the world have been protesting against the bizarre new German self-ID laws
Why young men like Donald Trump
He cuts through the sterility and severity of modern life
Power and authority
The development of British towns in the 17th and 18th centuries
Only the truly privileged can be cultural relativists
It is easy not to judge appalling cultural practices from a distance
A craven surrender
The handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius represents a mindless and unjust capitulation to a foreign power
People of Colour television
How to unpick the progressive contradictions of colour-blind casting
The Church of England’s race to the bottom
The Church of England should not be putting ideology before history
Crossing the public health Rubicon
Are there any limits to statist safetyism?
Enthralling eclecticism
Roberto Gerhard: Don Quixote, &c. (Chandos)
