decline
The end of art critics
The critics who are now lackeys of the art world
A recipe for decline
This budget will do nothing to lift Britain from its doldrums
Is Cheltenham beyond parody?
A books bash these days has to offer Geri and Geoff Hurst and that bloke out of Radiohead
Against autumn
Throw away your Pumpkin Spice Lattes
State of the arts coverage
The BBC has caved to cowardice over culture
Defend the arts … before it’s too late
It will take more than a new government and a bonfire of policy documents to put things right
“Problematic” art
This kind of adolescent tripe passes these days for thought
A discordant song
Classical music may be the worst casualty of identitarian politics
The City’s lights are dimming
The Square Mile is increasingly at risk of becoming an irrelevance
Operettas for the apocalypse
As we career merrily ever deeper into the end-times, what is the appropriate soundtrack for civilisational collapse?
The same old song
A reboot of nineties favourite Le Caprice is more museum than restaurant
The eternal lockdown of the soul
Lockdown-lifers have become a key tool of the state
Something has gone very wrong with “human rights”
When the “rights” of foreign sex criminals are being prioritised above the safety of Britons, we need change
Bernard-Henri Lévy
France’s celebrity philosopher, war reporter and professional pessimist
Impressive yet unmoving
Franz Schmidt: 4 symphonies (Naxos)
What is behind the ECHR debate?
We should stop pretending that moral disagreements can be reduced to technical debates
Hi-energy nutrients
Schoenfield, Vivier, Bartok &c (Accentus Music)
Hoop dreams
Football turned out to be a poor way of shirking parental duties
The Meloni effect
How the Italian prime minister could reshape European politics
The return of non-crime hate incidents
Labour are attacking free speech through the back door
Britain is at breaking point
The UK is experiencing existential challenges, but neither elitists nor populists offer a solution
