Culture

South Africa cannot continue down the road towards conflict

Can art still be essentially and not just instrumentally valuable?

We have too many of them and they are not doing any good

Young people are not being encouraged or inspired

With declining attendances and a neglect of their core mission, churches and art galleries have much in common

Dependent on state subsidies, artistically ossified and only a few go to see it

The phoney courage of disdaining classical music

Financial support is not enough to raise fertility rates

On BBC radio’s preoccupation with Americans and identity politics.