Bullfighting
Losing the crowd
In bullfighting, audiences can be as tough as animals
Struggles of a veteran matador
Familiarity can make the heart grow cooler, but greatness can still prevail
Ancient rites in Madrid
The oldest of stories still attract us
From Lima with love
Around the world to watch the bullfights
Blood and beauty
Bullfighting magnificence in Santander
Bull market
José Tomás is a titan of the bullring, but does he live up to his reputation?
Studio: The “Fallas” of Valencia
Fierce rivalries in a shared sport
Sublime in Seville
Happiness is a cold, autumnal day with a warm gun
The pleasures and the pain
Christopher North speaks to the fearless Andrés Roca Rey, Peru’s first bull fighting star
The ring master
Bullfighting was a lifelong fascination for Francis Bacon and played an increasingly important role in his work, his high-risk approach matching that of the matador
A cruel choice
Today’s euthanasia bill risks sending Britain down a dark path
The end of art critics
The critics who are now lackeys of the art world
Should we feel pity for the Pelicot accused?
To have endured pain does not excuse inflicting pain
Was Houellebecq right?
Reassessing the French novelist vilified for forecasting the Islamicisation of France
The expensive problem with the minimum wage
Higher wages for some, perhaps, but joblessness for others
What is Toryism for?
What has it done if it has not made a system it wishes to defend?
Tom Stoppard’s Hampstead drama
Best not try to memorise this deceptive Connect Four of relationships — just get into the flow
Some picture-perfect restorations
What we were seeing looked as good as it would have at its premiere
“Bold vision”
An action or choice can perfectly well be bold without being good
Religion is here to stay
A new spirit of confidence and fearlessness characterises those who continue to believe
Strictly Come Tory
Who will win the hearts of the nation?
