Arts Council England
The disgrace of ACE
Arts Council England has failed to support artists and art
The Conservatives can still reform our cultural institutions
The Tories should cut the Blob down to size before Keir Starmer comes to power
This is not where I live at all
Cynthia Erivo’s slighting of Sunderland was indicative of British arts establishment beholden to a homogenous, Americanised vision of culture
Artistic freedom is worth the risk
Arts Council England’s revised guidance offers cause for concern over freedom of expression
Dear Rishi, what about the arts?
The Tories appear to have no plan for the Arts Council
Content warning
On triggering opera and Arts Council England
The anti-arts establishment
Why do we accept such moralistic philistinism?
Inquest into the death of ENO
The cause of death, in this coroner’s verdict, is a prolonged failure to address reality
The censor returns
New Lord Chamberlains are policing the stage with puritan zeal
How the Arts Council abandoned England
The Arts Council are using the pandemic to reward their cronies rather than saving art
Killing time
Parliament is making the world a better place, one death at a time
In the city
From the suburbs to the estates
Lebrecht’s Album of the Year
Not just a great record but an essential one
Gothic staging
The Turn of the Screw, Coliseum
Total eclipse of the art?
Activistic artists and curators are making art a niche political endeavour
Smacking harms children
Smacking didn’t harm you? Maybe this debate isn’t for you
End of the Long Peace?
Our technological and institutional sophistication will not eliminate conflict
Alive and flicking
A game invented by a man named Adolph might have been a hard sell to the British public, but it was an instant hit
The strange history of Keir Starmer and assisted suicide
How long, and to what extent, has the prime minister supported legalisation?
A life of indulgence
Jacob Rees-Mogg has a major persona and a minor career
Silk Road splendour
The bare plain is now home to a million souls, their mosques, cathedrals and some very exclusive hotels
