Dublin
Tensions in Ireland were bound to boil over
The Irish have had enough of being lectured
Total eclipse of the art?
Activistic artists and curators are making art a niche political endeavour
Francis Bacon’s visceral language
Pain and pleasure are never far away in these portraits
What does it mean to be Christian?
We are in danger of reducing faith to the shallow depths of personality and politics
Risks and rewards
It is too easy to forget that jockeys run life-threatening risks
You were warned
Badenoch’s election means bad news for the Tories
Labour has a conspiracy problem
Dawn Butler MP should reevaluate her eccentric ideas
Chill message of Booker shortlist
The contempt of publishers for middle-class life and values is diminishing the novel
Out of power for half a century
As the Conservatives face the prospect of a long spell in opposition, they must heed the lessons of their predecessors
Don’t trust the Runnymede Trust
The law is too indulgent of political charities
Ageing gracelessly?
A new book on care is filled with empirical insights but short on rhetorical power
Why can’t there be more vampires?
Bloodsucking, in various more or less metaphorical guises, is after all opera’s happiest place
