Art
The ugly truth
Genuine art needs more material support
Rich portrait of our island nation
Le Brun has written a study of Britain imagined, Britain as it recently was, and of Britain becoming
What future for Benin’s bronzes?
Proponents of repatriation of the remarkable sculptures have shown scant regard to Nigeria’s endemic corruption and the fate of bronzes already sent back to Africa
Max Beckmann in Munich
A harried artist between the classical and the modern
Crowdfunding in an empty street
Not everyone can succeed at the art of asking
The game of laughter
A backstage look at stand-up comedy
Animation grows up
Jibaro is an artistic triumph
Oil, art and the perils of patronage
Art patrons have always been on the wrong side of history
Dem bones, dem sky-high bones
Dinosaur skeletons have stalked their way out of the museum world and into that of well-heeled collectors
A failed Oscar Wilde
The rise and fall of Milo Yiannopoulos
Most Read
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
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
Let’s scrap the Table Tax
The state should stop using our cafes, pubs, and restaurants as a cash cow
Final Analysis
The real measure of a degree
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
Signs of life
Wales finally offered proof they aren’t destined to decline
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
Any foreigner can have a UK degree — for a fee
Every British university has been chasing the benefits of foreign income with frenzied excitement
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform
Saved from the flames
We should feel fortunate indeed to have the Aeneid
Why we love pubs
Politicians are squeezing pubs out of existence without understanding why they matter
Why are doctors special?
Doctors have a lot less to complain about than other workers
Classic is back
Why contemporary art may be losing ground