Christopher Gibbs
The man who made antiques cool
Christopher Gibbs inspired a generation of dealers, aesthetes and designers
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We found the prawns you so thoughtfully left behind the radiator, but there’s still something here, isn’t there?
Save nursing from the universities
There is no need for nursing to be a graduate only occupation
Oasis: the good boys of rock and roll
For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success
Enthralling eclecticism
Roberto Gerhard: Don Quixote, &c. (Chandos)
Make high culture popular again
We need to face the music and embrace the highbrow
British universities should stop using foreign students as a crutch
Its short-term benefits are obvious but it is not a long-term solution
The downfall of the podcast-industrial complex
How did some of our finest podcasters get the election so wrong?
Twitter has always been toxic
Bluesky is a reminder of an earlier form of smug spitefulness
Sean Scully in France
He’s been showered with honours and awards — yet plenty of people can’t stand his work
The failure of the Irish nerve
Politicians are not acting and the public are not forcing them to act