Culture
The censor returns
New Lord Chamberlains are policing the stage with puritan zeal
Chum chucking chum
Not the Nine O’Clock News, or Ten, or Eleven, or, well, any
Thinking on inking
An intellectual tries — and fails — to find deep philosophical justifications for the modern wave of tattooing
Pohadka (Chandos)
The Czechs always have talent to spare on the bench
To critique the critic
Harold Rosenberg’s mixed legacy counterbalanced both Communism and formalism
Eine kleine Nachtmusik
The chance introduction that led to some extraordinary evenings with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Scenting success
The wondrous whiff of sex, spice and civet
My interiors life: weaned on the small screen
My formative years and future
tastes in all things were formed by
1950s and 1960s television,
Getting the picture in 2021
From cryptocurrency to pandemic plagued exhibitions, it’s been an eventful year in art
Fart for art’s sake
A not-so-fond farewell to the “sophomoric male”, the man-child purveyor of infantile humour
Liberal gerontocracy and its discontents
Fewer young people supporting more old people has become an unsustainable situation
“Problematic” art
This kind of adolescent tripe passes these days for thought
Politics with the depth of a puddle
A month of politically-minded podcasts has reached its exhausting apogee
Don’t ban anti-Israel marches
Principled and pragmatic arguments for prohibition are weak
Turning a blind eye to a tilted playing field
Not only is it a page-turner, it’s also an essential manual for defending women’s sport
In defence of GB News
Demands for the channel to be silenced amount to snobbery and opportunism
Finding the middle ground
Where do the acts too big for pubs but too small for arenas play?
The court of hot air
We do not need human rights law to protect human rights or to maintain the rule of law
When youth becomes period drama
The stakes feel very high when our younger years become the stuff of popular entertainment
Disposable women?
Middle-aged women are routinely ignored and dismissed by society — it is time for that to change
Who’s advising the migration advisors?
We deserve more transparency when it comes to who and what influences British immigration policy
