Culture
In search of Old Mistresses
The National Gallery is putting women artists centre stage
Rats desert a thriving ship
The space for criticism to exist grows smaller and the archways that sustained its presence crumble away, laments Sarah Ditum
Is there such a thing as right-wing comedy?
The issue of political balance in comedy is no laughing matter
A grim chorus of philistines
Rishi’s £1.57 Billion handout to the arts sector is the last good news it’ll ever hear, says Robert Thicknesse
Super Thursday
The busiest day of the publishing calendar offers hope for some, but ruin for many
The man who restored Japan
Shinzo Abe has led Japan to overcome its war guilt and emerge as a major global power
A worthy heiress to Princess Ida
Where has originality and character gone in the art of Violin playing?
To stay together, Canadian Tories should stand apart
The CPC should do a full Murdo Fraser in Quebec
A conservative chairman won’t save the BBC
No matter who takes over the BBC, the corporation is irrevocably broken
How Europe slowly came to terms with the Holocaust
And with what shifting emphasis do different countries remember the crime? Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss
The problem with “extremism”
Violence and intimidation are deplorable, but can there be a clear definition of a concept as subjective as “extremism”?
Retail politics
Beware a politician who has a book to sell
It’s not rocket science
It all goes wrong when arts departments start imitating research universities
Taking Pride
If sexual orientation is not a choice and therefore nothing to be ashamed of, then it can be nothing to be proud of either
Disposable women?
Middle-aged women are routinely ignored and dismissed by society — it is time for that to change
Those WhatsApp groups in full
Thirteen reasons to ban politicians from smartphones
Doubting the new Ireland
The more traditions have been deconstructed, the more people have experienced a sense of loss
A discordant song
Classical music may be the worst casualty of identitarian politics
A wilting wallflower
A once ambitious civic project has devolved into the chaos that is London Wall West
Go west
Rishi has been a bit down lately
Try Christianity
Reflecting on the cross, we find a truth that is often too easy to forget
