Frans Hals
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young (and old) Man
The Wallace Collection’s Frans Hals exhibition shows the artist at his best
Judith Butler has a projection problem
It is she, not gender-critical feminists, who seems to be afraid
Resistance is futile
Acceptance can be an act of protest. Not a submissive, passive surrender.
How Britain fell in love with cars
From Wind in the Willows to Wodehouse, cars captured the imagination
Taking on the right-on with cold, hard facts
A practical manual for anyone who has no choice but to sit on committees with idealistic intellectuals
When youth becomes period drama
The stakes feel very high when our younger years become the stuff of popular entertainment
Intangible benefits for intangible heritage?
It remains to be seen whether the UK’s Ratification of UNESCO’s Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage will be valuable
The elusive Seiji Ozawa was Japan’s greatest peacemaker
Farewell not just to a conductor but to a generous man
It’s time to stop the rot
Students denounced, lecturers cowed and managers with little interest in truth
The darkness of assisted dying
The desire to end terrible pain is understandable — but the dangers are severe
Something in the Bath water
Liberal Democrats are ruining a beautiful city with pointless regulations and Remainer spite
Should there be set texts for MPs?
Establishment ignorance of the texts we should be governed by is endangering the United Kingdom
