Flooding
The Sinking City
Beset by flooding and corruption, Venice is slowly falling into decline
The decline of industry
English towns faced unique new challenges following deindustrialisation
Why is the BBC so obsessed with drag?
Incessant coverage of drag shows and drag queens has become something of a running joke
What’s wrong with the Human Rights Act?
It makes judges the arbiter of moral and political as well as legal decisions
The shell shock of the arts
How will the art world respond to its narrative shock?
“Scottish visas” would double down on two failed ideas
The plan offers the worst of devolution and mass migration in one policy
Kemi Badenoch won’t save the Conservatives
Her radical credentials are based on pure PR
A race to the bottom
Women should not give legitimacy to an appalling platform
The Susie Green light
Businesses should not be legitimising the controversial CEO
A wealth of glorious objects and images
A new book about the discovery of classical sculptures and frescoes is itself a real treasure