Culture
Is artistic nepotism an evil – or a necessity?
Nepotism in the arts is very much alive and here to stay
Commoner with the divine touch
Raphael, as dedicated a lover as he was a painter, died at 37 at the height of his powers and fame, illustrates Michael Prodger
Life is more important than art
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe has failed to live up to its responsibility as an industry leader
Happy birthday to Hugh
Hugh Grant’s acting career has experienced a well-earned renaissance in recent years
Nowhere to hide
The struggles of hiding in a foreign country
The future of Britain’s stately homes
How has the coronavirus pandemic affected Britain’s country houses?
From Brick Lane to Brixton
Stoddard Martin delves into a world beyond police and courtroom, with its own code of right and wrong, in Gerald Jacobs’s Pomeranski
Could Harry and Meghan have learnt from Edward and Wallis?
Graham Stewart and Alexander Larman discuss how the House of Windsor adapts and endures
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
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
The promises of politicians
We are surrounded by lies, euphemisms and deceit
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Britain should have voted against reparations
The moral and historical arguments for “reparatory justice” are bogus
The BBC needs competition
The scandal-ridden Beeb is doomed if it is not held to higher standards
Scandalous but Scottish
Why Scotland experienced another yellow wave
We need to make a better case against Magic Monetary Theory
Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments
Labour’s battle of egos
There is little love left to lose between those plotting regicide in Downing Street
What Pullman gets wrong about Narnia
Philip Pullman is more like C.S. Lewis than he might think
Life for petty theft?
IPP sentences are a shocking stain on the criminal justice system that the Prime Minister would do well to kill off
Tony Blair is an extremist
He should have left public life long ago
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour