Art
The (too) many deaths of Saint Sebastian
Ming Wong lacks the power and sensuality of his supposed inspirations
Day after day
It is easy to lose sight of art amid personal narratives
Alberto Giacometti’s visions of war
Sadly, the sculptures of Alberto Giacometti still speak to us today
Art must be rescued from identity
We should celebrate artists for what they do, not who they are
The art of science
The so-called “two cultures” are not in conflict but will always be interlinked
The darkness of enlightenment
A new exhibition of the work of Joseph Wright of Derby has much to tell us about science and the soul
Renewing culture for the Right
Why should the culture sector should still be in thrall to the left?
Caravaggio’s great extremes
Caravaggio’s art is a vivid rebuke to an artificial idealised reality
When modern art crossed the Channel
How British culture belatedly embraced radical modernism
A double dose of artistic idiosyncrasy
A review of “Edward Burra – Ithell Colquhoun” at Tate Britain
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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
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Profile: Alec Douglas-Home
The quintessential Tory grandee who
was the last of his kind: a politician
motivated by service to his country
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
The end of encrypted Europe
Europe’s latest Chat Control may see child protection become a pretext for wider surveillance.
A very American birthday party
n the USA’s divisive 250th birthday celebrations
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
Sex wars, what are they good for?
On Norman Mailer, Germaine Greer and the virtues of intellectual combat
From the Desk of Lord Kronsteen
When a sketchwriter faces awkward questions, only a billionaire’s dictated letter of support will do
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Shining a light on the culture wars
Without the reintroduction of liberal ethical standards, the sacred purpose of academia cannot survive
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm