British Art
Death by a thousand cuts
The near-invisibility of the Proms on BBC TV is a symptom of the collapse of public service broadcasting in Britain
The second life of Tracey Emin
A brush with death has revitalised her work
Do the arts need policy?
Decoupling creativity from policy might give art ambition again
Remnant Rubens
A provincial folk artist offers an alternative view of Georgian society
A monumental work on British buildings
Gavin Stamp’s posthumous book is a magnificent tour d’horizon, a bible of the styles available to architects between the wars
God save The Kinks
How did four ornery lads rearing up from the post-war English underclass become national treasures?
The sad state of British film
Why do we accept comfortable irrelevance?
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphonies 7 & 9 (Hallé)
VW will never catch on beyond Anglophiles — ask not the reason why
We have forgotten the titans of British cinema
It has fallen to Scorsese to rescue the reputation of Powell and Pressburger
Genuine English opera
‘Peter Grimes’ labours under the weight of national anxieties
What is behind the ECHR debate?
We should stop pretending that moral disagreements can be reduced to technical debates
Back in the arena
If you liked Gladiator, you’ll like Gladiator II
Why I, as a mother…
Being a mother can change our perspectives and priorities
Britain needs an actual leader of the opposition
Rishi Sunak is doing nothing to hold Keir Starmer to account
We are missing the important point on procurement
Systemic dysfunction is far more important than individual failures
Kemi Badenoch won’t save the Conservatives
Her radical credentials are based on pure PR
Non-euclidean Toryism
The Conservative Party appears somewhat lost
Good, mostly clean, fun
The Boys from Syracuse, Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Don’t stop the music
How a legendary DJ was cancelled just for listening to women
Schrödinger’s Culture War
Is it a myth or a tremendous success?
Excluding Imran Khan is cowardly and wrong
Oxford University has made a serious mistake
