Art Review
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale
Heart of darkness
Alexander Adams encounters an unflinching master of sex and death in Vienna
Seeing colour
Donald Locke, Resistant Forms at Camden Art Centre
Prosthetic, pathetic, human
Angela de la Cruz’s playful and ghastly art touches a raw nerve
The dead-end art of conspiracy
Should art dissect conspiracy theories or immerse itself in them?
The darkness of enlightenment
A new exhibition of the work of Joseph Wright of Derby has much to tell us about science and the soul
A double dose of artistic idiosyncrasy
A review of “Edward Burra – Ithell Colquhoun” at Tate Britain
Cézanne the father
A rich exhibition is dominated by the great French impressionist
Which way, art world man?
The British art world needs to cringe less and dream more
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Frivolous and doomed
Classicism still has its place at the National Theatre
Once more unto the speeches
There was a great deal of talking today, but how much of it meant anything?
Questioning Islam should not be policed
Luke Salmons’s legal victory should lead to a change in police culture
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Why do we still have social housing?
A decade working in Social Housing taught me that the sector’s perverse incentives guarantee the perpetuation of the very poverty it exists to eradicate
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics
Conservatives should learn from Labour
We might disagree with the ideas of Labour politicians, but we can learn from their methods
Where is Britain’s vision?
Modern Britain has acquired a lack of national purpose, except for policies that are self-harming
How the Boat Race sank
Yet another great British tradition is disappearing beneath the waters of history
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked
What is the CID for?
Zac Brettler’s short life and mysterious death