David Lewis
In defence of the incredulous stare
To argue is to indulge in a practice, with all that this entails
People of Colour television
How to unpick the progressive contradictions of colour-blind casting
Accidental Orientalism
Britain has been reduced to selling a cheap simulacrum of its history
Living the good life
The rising middle classes were decisive in shaping the late 19th century English town
Conservatives listen to music too
Gatekeeping the “real” meaning of songs is foolish and futile
Advertisements for themselves
Michael Craig-Martin and the sad afterlife of conceptual art
How should we teach about the Holocaust?
Keir Starmer’s social engineering aims seem ill-conceived
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
The magic of the original stubbornly refused to rise from the dead and save the movie from mediocrity
More than just noise
Berg, Schoenberg, Webern: Piano works (Warner)