Fourth Crusade
A stirring tale of delicious complexity
From the Mongols’ conquest of Persia to their defeat by the Mamluks
Assaulting statues
The history of iconoclasm offers deeper lessons than are on display in the current statue-toppling craze
What have the Romans ever done for us?
Apart from the aqueducts, sanitation, roads, irrigation, medicine, education, wine, public baths and town planning
Why we all feel let down
Reflecting upon the corrosive power of disillusionment in politics and why our leaders are virtue vacuums who lack both competence and character
Merchants of the Venice Biennale
For all its pretentiousness, the Venice Biennale still hints towards higher truths
Polls at the pics
Films offer windows into the British and American political processes
What future for Winchester Cathedral Choir?
The choral tradition in the cathedral must be enlivened rather than diluted
Bedlam bingo
Sex, death, sado-masochism and blasphemy in a heady cocktail
Whistler in black and white
A video artwork that aims to critique Rex Whistler’s controversial mural in Tate Britain lacks context and nuance
Children need education, not indoctrination
We need more debate on what children are being taught in RHSE
Lockdowns and the problem with science-based policy
Evidence in politics is great, but what evidence and to what ends?
Have hope, have kids
How parenthood can steel us against stress and despair
Are you there God? It’s me, Farage
Nigel Farage bares his soul, but not before he buries his enemies