Art
Frans Hals’ sense of fun
A delightful display of portraiture at the National Gallery
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
A life of indulgence
Jacob Rees-Mogg has a major persona and a minor career
Ultra processed arguments
Public health commentators cannot seem to decide what is safe to eat
The grim quasi-religious doctrine of “unconscious bias training”
Baroness Royall’s commitment to the idea should concern Oxford students, academics and administrators
The blame, again, falls on Sinn Fein
The party responded appallingly to its press officer being accused of child sex offences
William Warham
A champion of the English Church unfairly eclipsed by his great rivals Wolsey, Cranmer and Cromwell
The Warburg refurbished
The institute used to feel intellectually introverted
The opportunism of anti-police activists
Continued agitation around the death of Chris Kaba is inexcusable
Calm down, dears!
Donald Trump offers no threat to Britain’s core ideological commitments and is unlikely to radically change U.S. foreign policy
Kemi Badenoch has a problem with the truth
From wokeness, to housing, to immigration her words don’t match the facts
David Lammy’s Caucasus catastrophe
The Foreign Secretary’s blunder has exposed the hollowness of “progressive realism”
Bar none
The fraud behind the Bar Standards Board’s “equality and diversity” drive
