Art Theft
Behind the scenes at the museums
The exhibits missing from the globe’s galleries and museums
The case of the legless duchess
A tale that proves the media and the public still thrill to an art theft
Opposing big government means opposing climate change
We need a market-led course to net zero
The grim quasi-religious doctrine of “unconscious bias training”
Baroness Royall’s commitment to the idea should concern Oxford students, academics and administrators
The uneasy aftermath of the Austrian elections
Will the Austrian establishment close ranks against the Freedom Party?
The decline of industry
English towns faced unique new challenges following deindustrialisation
The public sector must reform or die
Too big to fail? It is too big to succeed
Passing the baton to the offspring
Does maestro talent run in the genes?
Sometimes it’s best to shoot the messenger
Ordinary citizens feel a greater claim than ever before to what goes on in public institutions
Up-and-down towns
The rise and fall of English towns in the 1960s and 80s
Swiftism’s role in saving the V&A Museum
The unconventional Englishness of the Taylor Swift phenomenon
Shiva Naipaul
The younger brother of a controversial Nobel Prize winner who has been unjustly overlooked
Reading humbly
Approaching texts with love, patience and humility can reveal more than scepticism
