Auctions
The big picture
A story of modern Britain, a moral tale, of venality, hubris and fraud
Ring up the new
The most expensive post-war work sold last year fetched just over $91 million. The most expensive Old Master sold for $21.5 million
Don’t patronise female students
It’s insulting to think that women have to be treated with kid gloves
Libyans, Parisians and London Irish
Dry-ish, spare, clear-eyed — rare in a world of literary bloat, sentiment and overstatement
BoJo’s Life of Johnson
Exclusive extracts of perhaps the best autobiography by a former Conservative prime minister called Boris
Silk Road splendour
The bare plain is now home to a million souls, their mosques, cathedrals and some very exclusive hotels
Tablets of stone
Tech firms increasingly set the rules when it comes to education
The childishness of republicanism
Lidia Thorpe’s outburst is no reflection of the Australian attitudes towards the King
Mental illness is more complex than we think
There are no easy answers when it comes to mental health
The coming of age
On the anxieties and ambiguities of adulthood
Going solo
This Christmas, 40 competitors will face the most difficult sporting challenge on the planet
Why young men like Donald Trump
He cuts through the sterility and severity of modern life
The Bard at Christmas
It is impossible to appreciate Shakespeare without acknowledging his Christian foundations
