Culture
Why ARC mattered
It offered the chance for serious reflection in rewarding company
Which way, art world man?
The British art world needs to cringe less and dream more
Eccentric, vital, fast?
Millennials and Zoomers are struggling to establish their artistic identities
Patostreamers and the decline of public life
A depressing new trend reflects the impoverished state of social existence
The shell shock of the arts
How will the art world respond to its narrative shock?
Make high culture popular again
We need to face the music and embrace the highbrow
Tawdry tales
The Tales of Hoffmann, Royal Opera House
Up-and-down towns
The rise and fall of English towns in the 1960s and 80s
Making a difference
Over the past five years we’ve been keeping things civilised
Megalomania
Megalopolis is a gaudy, self-indulgent mess
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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
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The costs of telling the truth too late
The girl guiding decision is causing pain — so why do activists seek to prolong it?
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
A criminal abuse of the law
Our criminal justice system is deferential to those who abuse it while coming down hard on the innocent
Decolonisation dissected
This toxic and destructive ideology must be rejected
The end of anonymity?
The moral norms of the internet are being destroyed by zero sum politics
Irish anti-Israel agitation is out of control
Anti-Israel sentiments among Irish nationalists are irrational and opportunistic
Dining in a different world
Transported by a restored institution
Good news for the rule of law
Activists who break the law should not be able to appeal to their high-minded motives
Art: my part in its downfall
Pierre d’Alancaisez was part of the
contemporary art world’s inner circle until
he saw the error of his ways
A rare interview proved a delight
Eavesdropping on two intelligent people sharing a civilised conversation about interesting things