Art
Yes, beauty matters. Now what?
How do we address our current artistic crisis and the wearying stalemate of the “culture wars”?
How I became an art collector
An unlikely passion
A memorial fit for a Queen
If something is built in memory of Queen Elizabeth, it must be superlative
Idiots and Italian art
I have to bite my tongue or risk being thrown off the flight to London
Jargon in excelsis
On “cisheteropatriarchy” and the ugliness and obscurity of cultural discourse
Which way, art world man?
The British art world needs to cringe less and dream more
When architects meet their makers
Studies in the pleasures of timber, thatch and stone
Eccentric, vital, fast?
Millennials and Zoomers are struggling to establish their artistic identities
Living in the Eighties
An exhibition of photos from a pivotal decade interests and exhausts
History unmakers
Our national treasures are morbid symptoms of a country in decline
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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
Are automated auctions on the way?
New technology has a double edge
The Boston barbarians
The Boston Symphony acted like a New Orleans nightclub owner with a recalcitrant pole-dancer
Storycraft is soulcraft
A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and heroism after disenchantment
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
A massive cross-party achievement
The new V&A East Museum has surpassed all expectations
The great HR survivors
As the DEI era fades, personnel heads live on as senior CEO consiglieri and hatchet-bearers
Pretending obligatory is “voluntary”
There is no better way to destroy people’s independence and probity
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
Andy Burnham’s devolution delusions
Think central government is the only problem? Look around you
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option