Art
Why do we persist with Opera?
Dependent on state subsidies, artistically ossified and only a few go to see it
The culture war has become the culture
On the discourse and the subject
Growth, grift and speculation
What can art tell us about economics?
History is a battleground
How the world struggles to protect its heritage
Dover’s soul
A neglected town has a rich and gritty heart
The genius of David Jones
The work of the great modernist poet remains as relevant as it has ever been
Corrosive curation
Against the politicisation of museums
The museum tells it how it was
On the creation of national identity
Remembering troublesome women
In death and in life
The Venice Architecture Biennale
Geopolitical challenges produce impressive art
Most Read
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Peston’s Inbox
Farage: I’m not worried
Sometimes look on the bright side of life
We should welcome the more culturally affirmative moments of pessimistic and condemnatory commentators
Nonsense and neurodivergence
The Church of England is confusing irrationality with inclusivity
Fast cars fit for old-school stars
Speed and sophistication once shared the same side of the street
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
Britain’s mutilated constitution
We must restore the old to build the new
Women should not have to apologise for their rights
There is nothing cruel about women wanting single-sex spaces
In defence of division
We cannot allow oikophobes and iconoclasts to define what it means for us to be united
Sport’s regime changes
Canadian snooker has gone the way of Hungarian table tennis
What is anger for?
If young women are going to be radical, they need to make it worth it
A memo crying in the wilderness
Why does the Church of England now sound like an HR department?