Art History
Stolen glories
Alexander Adams delves into two new books that examine the art theft of occupying armies in two different ages
Temple to craft and prestige
A beautiful and unusual book can lift the spirits of even the most jaded reviewer
Back to the drawing board: How the modernist cult captured architecture
Mark Alan Hewitt’s book is a welcome breath of sound common sense in a field where expensive insanity seems to have ruled the roost for far too long
Francis Bacon’s love affair with France
Limited to only 206 copies, ‘Francis Bacon: Francophile’ is an attractive book sure to be snapped up by Baconophiles
Francis Bacon: A life lived to the full
While the authors of Francis Bacon’s latest biography deliver nothing new on the art, they do show how Bacon lived his life with a unique intensity
Museums need to refocus on their collections
Dinah Casson’s book will inspire and galvanise anyone involved in British provincial museums
The life and loves of John Nash
Andy Friend provides a readable account of Nash’s life, but omits important detail about how the artist made others feel
Francisco Goya: the embodiment of old Spain
Janis Tomlinson’s new biography of Francisco Goya is a well-informed, comprehensive biography that would make an excellent gift for any art lover
Feminist art historians get Artemisia Gentileschi wrong
Contemporary feminist art theory: little help in understanding a seventeenth century artist
Immigration enthusiasts and problematic polling
New analysis made British voters look far more pro-migration than they are
February letters
Questioning Cameron, cautioning Houellebecq and disputing the image of God
Dumb, glum and zero-sum
British thinking has to value supply more than distribution
The W-word
The idea that the sex of a person is simply a matter of choice is a giant ideological lie
Moral progress has happened not because of, but in spite of woke activism
People who have enabled falsehoods and abuse cannot take credit for civilisational advances
Out with the old and in with the new
People are asking why the classic art market has declined — and will it recover?
Criminal damage remains criminal
A new judgment has challenged a convoluted legal defence of property damage
Saving my own bacon
Only the particularly pig-headed will stick it out in the pork farming business
The coddlin’ of the British dance
How Britain’s anarchic rave scene turned authoritarian
Liz Truss was right but naive
She grasped the scale of Britain’s plight but misunderstood the nature of power
A Labour of unrequited love
It will take more than vague apologetic gestures to redeem the Labour Party
