Exhibitions
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions
An ode to situated exhibitions
Art is inseparable from the poetics of place
The artist, naked and alone
I wrote a novel to expose the shallowness of the gallery system, but my biggest target was myself
Living in the Eighties
An exhibition of photos from a pivotal decade interests and exhausts
British museums are failing visitors
Keep the exhibitions open!
Today’s rubbish, tomorrow’s artefact
How museums are curating the coronavirus pandemic
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
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
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
Carry on, matron
The crisis in nursing can be reversed by a return to Florence Nightingale’s vision of vocation and a rebuilt hierarchy on the wards
Get ready for the worst World Cup ever
FIFA is scoring a pathetic own goal with its treatment of football
No, the King has not converted
A bizarre conspiracy theory
that Charles III is a Muslim is
easily shown to be false
Hey, Starmer, leave those kids alone
Banning under-16s from social media is more prohibitionist stupidity
Britain needs a moral core
The UK’s greatest vulnerability isn’t its weakened military but its lack of spiritual depth
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances
The BBC needs competition
The scandal-ridden Beeb is doomed if it is not held to higher standards
Sir David Attenborough at sea
RRS Sir David Attenborough is a ship worthy of the great man’s name
Will capitalism end capitalism?
Artificial intelligence is perverting the logic of our economic and political systems
Among the true believers
Belgium’s cycling culture is unique, and increasingly under threat