Criticism
Kenneth Tynan: a riposte to Equity
Robin Ashenden says the critic would have declared war on an ill-judged edict
An extreme form of criticism
Works by Michelangelo, Velázquez, Rodin, Rothko and Mondrian have all been vandalised for reasons of mental instability or political activism or both, informs Michael Prodger
The death of Theatre Criticism
The great critics always began before they were forty. Who are their equivalents today?
Criticising the critic
Criticism is a valuable art but it should never end up as a tool for bullying
Why do we review books?
D.J. Taylor reflects on nearly four decades of hard graft on the literary pages
Who’d want to be a critic?
Criticism has died at London’s newspaper
The godfathers of Greek independence
From its very inception as a nation state, Greece learned that it needed allies with shared interests and values to successfully fight the Turks
Breaking down the gender wars
Kathleen Stock’s new book is exactly the kind of forensic, generous intervention the ongoing trans debate sorely needs
Truman and Tennessee: an unlikely friendship
Michael Collins maps the relationship between two of the greatest writers of the American south
Banned from reversing abortions
If abortion providers really are “pro-choice” then why are they stopping Dr Kearney?
Milking it
There is nothing semi-skimmed about Sir Charles Walker
Last orders
Is this the end of the hospitality industry?
Dear and hateful
Christopher Silvester shows how Konchalovsky has one of the strangest careers in world cinema
The hardest word
The Catholic Church is resisting huge pressure to apologise for its involvement in indigenous cruelty
The secret university
Jessica Douglas-Home recalls Roger Scruton’s risky but crucial work with dissident intellectuals in the Eastern Bloc
Fantasy of the magic money tree
Central banks will come under increased pressure to “do good” by politicians