Florentina Holzinger
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
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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
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
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
The Farage flounce
A joke that worked, and an exit that didn’t.
Quinlan Terry
He kept the flame of classicism alive at a time when it burnt very low
A high-speed tour of European History
Europe: A New
History by Roderick Beaton
Britain’s next moral panic
Half a century after abandoning state-backed “treatments” for homosexuality, Britain risks replacing one coercive system with another
Escape to the country
Some tractor-acceptance meditation might help with moving day
Sometimes look on the bright side of life
We should welcome the more culturally affirmative moments of pessimistic and condemnatory commentators
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works
The problem with prohibiting political dishonesty
It will be used to stifle freedom and not just to curb mistruths
One year later
Despite the Supreme Court ruling, the gender argument is not going anywhere
Don’t kowtow to cry-bullies
Why Kezia Dugdale can’t apologise enough
The misfits of Middagh Street
What a bunch: gifted and impossible to live with