Criticism
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
Lightweight Kate Winslet
Our most versatile of English roses must accept that one role is beyond even her
How should we teach about the Holocaust?
Keir Starmer’s social engineering aims seem ill-conceived
Crisis of leadership
No Tory can seriously expect conservatism from Kemi Badenoch
Their work here is done
British politicians are very proud of their role in Syria, whatever it was
Will Starmer’s immigration gambit backfire?
The prime minister might have opened a box that he cannot close
Don’t stop the music
How a legendary DJ was cancelled just for listening to women
The end of art critics
The critics who are now lackeys of the art world
There is more to ethics than “#BeKind”
It is not cruel to fear the consequences of legalising assisted dying
Scruton and the roots of modern conservatism
Roger Scruton’s path from sophisticated soirées to a squalid Fleet Street pub
Don’t trust the Runnymede Trust
The law is too indulgent of political charities
The triumph of Irish populism
The three major parties went with what is popular, rather than what is right
