Art Museum
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
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Stop selling sexism
Banning strip clubs might sound unrealistic but it is the right thing to do
Questionably loyal opposition
A “rainbow coalition” between Conservatives and the Greens raises questions about the state of the Tories
The judge’s verdict
Much of what is passed off as sport is no such thing
Farewell to a gentle jazz-lover
Scholarship trumps zealotry, particularly when it is veiled by modesty
Bring back borstals
Antisocial teenagers need structure and discipline before it is too late
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again
How to build a Europe of the peripheries
Resetting Britain’s relations with the EU should not mean being beholden to France and Germany
A moment of profound national unseriousness
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch know that the world faces crises — but are they part of the crises?
Critical briefing: cuckooing
A hidden scourge has been plaguing British streets for too long
No gods, no monsters
We should stop projecting our neuroses onto foreign leaders
The Mexican baby business
In UK courts, parental orders for children born overseas outnumber those born to surrogates here