Art
The disgrace of ACE
Arts Council England has failed to support artists and art
State of the arts coverage
The BBC has caved to cowardice over culture
Vicarious pleasure
On the enduring allure of celebrity cast-offs
Do the arts need policy?
Decoupling creativity from policy might give art ambition again
Cancellation of a Brazilian artist
Dissenting opinions on transgenderism can inspire attempts to erase careers
Reclaiming freedom in the arts
Great art that speaks of today cannot be made in a climate of fear
A neglected radical
Guillaume Guillon-Lethière was an artistic and social pioneer
What Lowry saw in the sea
The philosophical side of the painter of “matchstalk men” adds to his charm
Addicted in art
What role should suffering play in creativity and the consumption of art?
The Venice Art Biennale
The overall tone is rather bloodless, smug and muted where one might hope for exhilaration
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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
A revolutionary king
The monarch’s vision of “harmony” will have lasting impact
The delusions of the DCMS
The establishment approach to the internet is marked by paranoia and control
It is time for antidisestablishmentarianism
Church establishment is still worth fighting for
Was the Boriswave a Brexit betrayal?
A decade later, the public memory of Brexit’s immigration pledge is clearer than the campaign was
Critical briefing: cuckooing
A hidden scourge has been plaguing British streets for too long
Hard rain in Spain
Domestic scandal has rocketed back to the forefront of Spanish politics
Storycraft is soulcraft
A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and heroism after disenchantment
The last of the fine arts
Hockney insisted on doing exactly as he pleased — and his cigarettes were as much a part of his artistic philosophy as his paintbrush.
Hippo critical
No Roman left a greater intellectual legacy than Augustine, whose writings shaped Christianity and the Western mind for more than a millennium
Information rage
Jacob Siegel’s new book The Information State is profound and troubling
The principles of peers
Supporters of assisted suicide are being sore losers