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
Dissolve the hotbeds of wokery
Failing universities should go the way of the monasteries under Henry VIII
Getting the creeps
How should we cope with the unsettling in everyday life?
The US is getting what it wants in the Middle East
Israeli escalations against Hezbollah are not defiance but an extension of U.S. strategy
From El-Alamein to Ukraine
How has the nature of warfare changed since World War Two?
The second life of Tracey Emin
A brush with death has revitalised her work
Writing lives
The life story of the biography, from Victorian glorification to Bloomsbury boldness to contemporary obliquity
The Critic
No they haven’t put the mag on the silver screen just yet, but its still worth watching
Why Tony Hinchcliffe’s jokes didn’t work
It is very hard to blend comedy and politics
A full-blooded blow-out
Kurt Weill: Symphonies, Seven Deadly Sins (DG)
We are missing the important point on procurement
Systemic dysfunction is far more important than individual failures
A festival of losing
Will the Republic of Ireland ever face up to its problems?
