Art Museum
A massive cross-party achievement
The new V&A East Museum has surpassed all expectations
It’s not the Tate’s job to heal you
There must be limits to the idea of art as restorative
To have, to hold — and to create
Beauty isn’t merely to be owned, but is something to be loved and passed on
Sir Roy Strong
The mischievous cultural commentator and diarist who changed the way museums think about the past
Most Read
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
Dear Prudence
A reflection on the Tory Party’s historic suspicion of interventionism
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
Who wants to be a patriotic millionaire?
More taxation will not solve our economic woes
The vibe shift is a myth
Far from living through an age of cultural rebellion, we are seeing the imposition of cultural conformity
Gregory Halting
Procrastinator extraordinaire
Peston’s Inbox
Burnham: “Ay up! I’m a northerner”
Angst in the Anglosphere
England’s existential crisis is being played out at the World Cup
NATO’s Ankara moment
NATO’s middle powers must not depend so heavily on the USA
DeepMind delusion
The superstar Demis Hassabis is on a mission to create a God-like superintelligence
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
An indefensible defence policy
Why the country’s strategic ambitions are incompatible with our welfare bill