Art
Policing art is a slippery slope
The hunger for policing thoughts as well as bodies hasn’t been eradicated, as recent events in New Zealand show
“A metal barbie on the crest of an £143,000 turd”
Mary Wollstonecraft’s statue is a failed attempt to depict an “everywoman”
Tate Modern in a terrible tangle
Tate Modern gets itself in a terrible tangle over a cancelled show
How not to lose your marbles
Selling the Royal Academy’s greatest treasure would be risky and morally wrong
The Mirror of #MeToo
Luciano Garbati’s new work expresses a widespread decline in symbolic literacy
An extreme form of criticism
Works by Michelangelo, Velázquez, Rodin, Rothko and Mondrian have all been vandalised for reasons of mental instability or political activism or both, informs Michael Prodger
When you pile tragedy too high, you sell it too cheap
Among the Trees, Hayward Gallery (until 31 October)
Artists shaped by war
Practically all the artists in the book are traumatised in one way or another, and all experienced war
Commoner with the divine touch
Raphael, as dedicated a lover as he was a painter, died at 37 at the height of his powers and fame, illustrates Michael Prodger
Love, work and whimsy
MacDonald Gill’s poster for the Empire Marketing Board helped promote a nation at the height of its powers
Sunak of many colours
He has become all things to all people, that he might save some seats
Burmese days: for good and ill
There was much naivety in depicting the Anglo-Burmese engagement as one of mutual enlightenment
Who hears the voiceless?
Leaving unborn children without legal protections would be an ethical disgrace
My police stalker
What do you do when you are being targeted by someone within law enforcement?
Summer for sale
Cricket has always bent with the winds of change
Contra Hitchens on the election
It was reasonable not to vote to prevent a Labour majority
The odd couple
Evelyn Waugh and Graham Greene may have been unlike as possible, but they remained the closest of friends for four decades
Hungary: treading a fine line
Can it stay equidistant from the great powers while maintaining trade connectivity?
Will the next prime minister stand up for women’s rights?
Rhetorical progress has been made on gender issues — but will it affect policy?
Sweet magic in Hokkaido
Sushi for breakfast, crisps for dessert and delicious chocolate
The Road to the Cass Review — (3) Sue and Marcus Evans
What went wrong at the Tavistock Centre, and why
