Art Reviews
Zurbarán on Freud’s couch
An acclaimed new exhibition is full of overwrought symbolism and compositional failures
Embrace your inner exile
How can we appreciate art in alienating times?
Eight women well worth meeting
“Parallel Lives” is an unsung gem of an exhibition
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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
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
From an entitlement state to an investment state
How to achieve a pro-social and pro-market economy
We’ve had enough agitslop
British TV drama has become an embarrassing display of liberal neuroses
Cry sod Harry, England and St George
Why aren’t people proud to be English?
Under the volcano
As Sicilians say, Mamma Etna gives more than she takes away
The mirage of majesty
Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world
Emin: from the bed to the grave
Not so much a fresh start, as an opportunity to finally take her concerns in earnest
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Is it time to let the doctor die?
Doctor Who has become increasingly incoherent and increasingly ideological
The tyranny of memes
Modern would-be assassins are products of the internet