Culture
The slow vibe shift
Escaping our “post-cultural state” will not happen overnight
Is this the end of art?
Cultural renewal cannot simply chase demand
Into the light
The courage and dignity of Gisèle Pelicot should inspire us all
We need a pro-natal culture
Changing our demographic future will require a new attitude towards having children
The (bearable) weight of being
If art can help the mind, we must focus on the art
An ode to situated exhibitions
Art is inseparable from the poetics of place
Why we love medical drama
The morbid and the erotic mingle in the portrayal of surgery
Why we need our National Heritage Service
In defence of the other NHS
In praise of the middlebrow
Sometimes, a television show really does deserve the hype
Day after day
It is easy to lose sight of art amid personal narratives
Most Read
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
From Newton to newts
Putting badgers on the banknotes may avoid controversy, but it also avoids saying anything meaningful about Britain at all
Manic and messianic
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Royal Shakespeare Company
Exiles from the Rainbow nation
Race, land and why white South Africans are leaving their homes behind
Squeezing out your generation
New laws are harming, not helping, younger people
Beef and Brexit prosperity
High beef prices are a symptom of a deeper problem—Britain has left the EU, but not its economic mindset.
Critical briefing: Belgian Channel crossings
How the geographical spread of Channel crossings has been widening
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
It’s time to ban the Brotherhood
Britain can no longer afford to ignore the Muslim Brotherhood’s quiet but far-reaching influence
How the cranks won
Britain’s ruling ideology is founded less on what elites believe than on who they fear
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan