Auctions
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
We need more have-yachts
The tragedy of the Bayesian highlights a wider issue about our lack of ambition
Free speech defenders should practice what they preach
There should be no illiberal exception for anti-Zionist academics
Kemi Badenoch won’t save the Conservatives
Her radical credentials are based on pure PR
Debunking the decline deniers
Armed police at Christmas markets are a bad sign however you look at it
Franco-Irish vigour
Augusta Holmès: Symphonic poems (CPO)
Defend the bishops’ bench
Removing the Lords Spiritual from the House of Lords would be constitutional vandalism
The British state is failing to protect women
Misogyny, rape and sectarian violence go increasingly unchallenged in the UK
Out of power for half a century
As the Conservatives face the prospect of a long spell in opposition, they must heed the lessons of their predecessors
Living the good life
The rising middle classes were decisive in shaping the late 19th century English town
Labour’s favourite banker
Questions can be asked about the relationship between the Labour Party and Anthony Watson
Graduation blues
On the sad decline of the British university
