Art Market
Beware of selling the family silver
The sale of dusty, unloved artworks offers museums a financial lifeline, but is fraught with danger
America’s licence to sell
Michael Prodger says deaccession has been given tacit approval abroad
Ring up the new
The most expensive post-war work sold last year fetched just over $91 million. The most expensive Old Master sold for $21.5 million
Alive and flicking
A game invented by a man named Adolph might have been a hard sell to the British public, but it was an instant hit
Party in the U.S.S.R.
Shortages, queues and giant slogan-laden banners were the order of the day as the party faithful gathered
Spotify Wrapped is good for the soul
On the joys of exploring a year in music
How H&W hit the iceberg
The opportunism and ineptitude that brought Belfast’s shipbuilding industry to its knees
More than one way to skin a cat
The thing about formulae is that they’re an aid, not a guide
The esoterica trap
We should not pollute good causes with unreliable information
In a manor of shrieking
One haunted house has an infamy above all others: McKamey Manor, in the USA
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Prince
Is he simply a desperate chancer, or a genuine threat to British interests?
The first victim of empire
England is an ongoing casualty of the British imperial project
Their work here is done
British politicians are very proud of their role in Syria, whatever it was
British universities should stop using foreign students as a crutch
Its short-term benefits are obvious but it is not a long-term solution
