Deaccession
How not to lose your marbles
Selling the Royal Academy’s greatest treasure would be risky and morally wrong
July/August 2020: Letters to the Editor
The opportunity deaccessioning creates for activism
Beware of selling the family silver
The sale of dusty, unloved artworks offers museums a financial lifeline, but is fraught with danger
America’s licence to sell
Michael Prodger says deaccession has been given tacit approval abroad
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On ebbing power of the political influencer
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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 government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
Grin and bear it
Carelessness and frivolity sabotage any attempt at a serious discussion
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
The green myth
Tom, Chris and Graham explore our April edition
Soft-Play Britain
Britain’s governing class talks of growth and grandeur but focuses on planters and paint schemes
Fell for it again
Britain’s pro-development enthusiasts mistook fantasy politics for the real thing — and are now paying the price.
A.E. Housman
The poet is less read than he once was but his deep love of England still resonates
Laughing to hide the tears
Beware: prime ministerial jokes ahead
Angst, Nazis and forgotten treasure
Transcription / You Are the Führer’s Unrequited Love / For the Love of Willie
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
The last true Kapellmeister
Chaotic in all things except music, where he demanded precision and gave his all