Cezanne
A writer unsure who he wanted to be
Emile Zola: A Determined Life by Robert Lethbridge; Émile Zola: Writing Modern Life by Rachel Bowlby
Pissarro: paintings, prints, and papery pleasure
This exhibition shows the world of the impressionists beyond their most famous paintings
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The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
A win for academic freedom
The university free speech complaints scheme is (finally) going ahead
Labour’s toxic medicine
The more they treat the symptoms of decline, the worse things get
A frozen war?
The US should put stubbornness aside and end the conflict with Iran
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
Will Andy Burnham be a literary leader?
Burnham is a rare politician who reads books — but how will they affect his premiership?
Manic and messianic
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Royal Shakespeare Company
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
