Egon Schiele
Love and death in Vienna
Spanish flu killed Schiele and Klimt. Their art sensed the brevity of life and the doom of their society
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Murders for April
Make sure it is the cruellest month with this detective fiction
Into the light
The courage and dignity of Gisèle Pelicot should inspire us all
Britain lacks a party of the young
Britain’s alienated young are drifting leftwards because no serious movement on the right is speaking to their interests
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say
Steel blues
The Government’s new steel strategy is stupid and destructive
The end of corporate silence
Louis Mosley’s demolition of Zack Polanski shows how companies are learning to confront political fantasy head-on
Greene around the gills
A truly ghastly gastropub
Migration musings
A new book on immigration is welcome in its honestly and openness
What’s wrong with our newspapers
Important news is being drowned in the tawdry and the trivial
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own