British Art
Modern-day Ealing comedy
A quintessentially English spirit of wry rebellion lives on in two new films
What do the BAFTAs really stand for?
The awards used to be entertainingly eccentric
Stumbling blocks
Owen Hatherley offers a vital but frequently flawed guide to post-war British architecture
Eric Ravilious: a talent too long ignored
Ravilious’s ethereal, understated paintings are quietly dazzling
There’s no good way to equal pay
You can’t beat the laws of supply and demand
Setting ourselves on fire
Multiculturalism has created fractured communities where nobody cares
A new low for women’s sport
The International Olympic Committee has disgraced itself
What’s the point of university during a freedom of speech crisis?
Students should be taught to do more than agree
“Bold vision”
An action or choice can perfectly well be bold without being good
How to take on the culture warriors
Determining what is and isn’t appropriate is not the job of thought-policing left authoritarians
Boris the Innocent
The Johnsonian lexicon has yet to incorporate the word “responsibility”
Murders for August
From killers down under to death across the pond
Gifted children
How does one wrap a bank transfer?
In defence of Elon Musk
Open debate might be messy but it is essential
Is “progressive realism” either?
Weighing up the rights and wrongs of the Lammy Doctrine
