Constantin Brâncuşi
Selling desirability
It is truthful to sell art as a luxury accessory
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
Playing by numbers
Attacking the Space:
Inside Rugby’s Tactical and Data
Revolution by Sam Larner
We can Handel more
Handel: Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline &c. (Prospero)
Clarifying the fog of the gender wars
Michael Foran’s new book will undoubtedly be celebrated, but is it essential?
The spy chief who sold us Blue Nun
Raise a glass to a long life, very well lived
Once more unto the speeches
There was a great deal of talking today, but how much of it meant anything?
Wilde times at the country house
Gerald Barry’s outrageous The Importance of Being Earnest manages to overmatch the virtuoso original
Why must everything move to Manchester?
Northern England is being framed in patronising reductionist terms
A culture of death
Street gangs and online provocation are fuelling a morbid subculture in British life
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages