Caravaggio
Caravaggio’s great extremes
Caravaggio’s art is a vivid rebuke to an artificial idealised reality
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The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
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Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
Publishing has an AI problem
From reviews to actual books, creativity is being outsourced to machines
This apology for a political comedy
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How to build a Europe of the peripheries
Resetting Britain’s relations with the EU should not mean being beholden to France and Germany
The right-wing case for social media
X and other platforms can be vital sources of unfashionable information and dissenting opinions
The Goodwin that failed
Pareto and the problem of elite circulation
The thin blue line must be thicker
The police are nothing without a presence in communities
The name game
Nominative determinism is a rich seam to be mined in sport
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
Louis Through
The left-leaning media has lost its moral and institutional authority
Low energy
Rachel Reeves and Mel Stride are inconsistent while Reform are invisible