Arts
Riffs or rigour?
Arts practice has gained the upper hand over scholarship
How cinemas can save themselves
Watching films at the cinema should be a communal experience
The art world must escape gender theory
Grim, irrational ideas still dominate the Arts
Of course we need opera
Click-hungry editors should stop enabling philistinism
The arts are under threat in Scotland
New legislation endangers freedom, but the arts have been enabling its suppression for some time
Dear Rishi, what about the arts?
The Tories appear to have no plan for the Arts Council
Inquest into the death of ENO
The cause of death, in this coroner’s verdict, is a prolonged failure to address reality
Storm in a cauldron
As witches’ brews go, it’s rather weak tea
Diversity north of Dundee
A Highlands culture war
They’re not laughing now
Without taxpayer handouts, will the arts finally be forced to give people what they want?
Disaster zone
It’s a big job says Keir Starmer, and it’s not our mess we’ll be clearing up
Boho Ohno
Boho’s back, baby, meaning droopy, limp and dismal is the name of the game
The Conservatives deserve to be taught a lesson
Bad behaviour has to come with consequences
Do the arts need policy?
Decoupling creativity from policy might give art ambition again
Harriet Pester: Bookworld PR
Alas, not everything is plain sailing in the world of book-trade PR
Is Britain closed for business?
Stacks of extra administration will make it even harder for businesses to turn a profit
Troublesome women
Rebellious heroines and unscrupulous heroes
The ghosts of Tory past
The Conservatives are haunted by the spirits of the last two decades
Seller beware
Sotheby’s new fee structure favours the auctioneer
Stop loving losers
Rishi Sunak does not deserve the media’s perverse rehabilitation project
The schadenfreude election
The Labour landslide is a clarifying moment, which will be good for British political debate
