Gallery
A triumph of light and space
The success of the re-opened National Portrait Gallery.
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
Far from easy reading
The heart of his argument is solid and his insight is inspired
A festival of losing
Will the Republic of Ireland ever face up to its problems?
Exilic yearnings
Miklos Rozsa: violin concerto (LSO Live)
Developing nations will be forced to choose
Sitting on the fence between China and the USA is unsustainable
The case for Jenrick
He can reform the party and take on Labour
Techno, bombs, and babushkas
A month travelling across Ukraine
The grim quasi-religious doctrine of “unconscious bias training”
Baroness Royall’s commitment to the idea should concern Oxford students, academics and administrators
A passionate battler for buildings
A manichaean choice between the organic adaptation of old buildings and the beauty of the new
Boris: the PM who could do no wrong
This must be in competition for the most inaccurate work of non-fiction since … well, since Johnson’s last book
Why can’t there be more vampires?
Bloodsucking, in various more or less metaphorical guises, is after all opera’s happiest place
