Belgium
How NatCon was saved
An attempted cancellation flopped in Brussels — but the bad taste remains
NatCon lives on
The conference has gone ahead in Brussels despite protests and police action
The campaign against National Conservatism is a disgrace
A peaceful conference is facing state and activist intimidation
Brussels, capital city of Surrealism
In Brussels, Surrealism lurks in the most unexpected places
The imagination of Ensor
The great Belgian painter could enliven the most mundane scenes
A colossus unjustly ignored
Britain has never warmed to Rubens, whose finest works can be seen in Antwerp
Euthanasia on trial
What does it mean to die with dignity?
News from nowhere
National Conservatism Conference diary: our brave reporter encounters globalisation in Brussels
Belgian light amid the gloom
The work of two fine artists is gaining belated and well-deserved recognition
Landscapes of allusion and illusion
On the architecture of recreation
There’s no good way to equal pay
You can’t beat the laws of supply and demand
Bluesky thinking?
The honeymoon phase of the X alternative could be short-lived
British universities should stop using foreign students as a crutch
Its short-term benefits are obvious but it is not a long-term solution
Accidental Orientalism
Britain has been reduced to selling a cheap simulacrum of its history
Office politics
There’s the joker, the slacker, and the bloke who just got fired
Piano in wartime
War poems (Somm)
Over the line
No one should discipline children for asking honest questions or telling the truth
The kindest of ghosts
A new history of childhood reading is a treasure
Why is the BBC so obsessed with drag?
Incessant coverage of drag shows and drag queens has become something of a running joke
Smacking harms children
Smacking didn’t harm you? Maybe this debate isn’t for you
