artists
Merchants of the Venice Biennale
For all its pretentiousness, the Venice Biennale still hints towards higher truths
No second coming for the arts
Labour will finish the Tories’ work of destroying the arts – only “better”
A movement to where?
What, if anything, is “right-wing” art?
A wilting wallflower
A once ambitious civic project has devolved into the chaos that is London Wall West
How dark can humour be?
Laughter — even laughter about morbid things — is part of what makes us human
Who are universities for?
Research is important — but serving the needs and desires of students matters more
When the Left thought free trade meant peace
Socialists, communists and liberals were united by a conviction that free trade could, and would, promote democracy and justice
Sunak, false equivalence and the phantom far right
There is no comparison between the threat of Islamism and the threat of the far right
The ongoing reality of Russian imperialism
People rationalising Russian military intervention are betraying their ignorance of Russian history
Britain must develop economic resilience
The Houthis have exposed our devastating economic insecurity
The wrong kind of groupthink
Why do so many economists deny that the value of money is related to its quantity?
Murders for March
Sharp lines, twisting plots and colourful characters
How bad is the news on booze?
And how bad are the ideas for curbing consumption?
Weak, flawed, limited; an opportunity missed
Sanghera really should have devoted more attention to the pre-Western history in Empireworld
