Giovanni Gasparro
Unwelcome rise of a truly awful artist
Jacob Willer examines the extravagant claims made about an Italian painter hailed as the saviour of revivalism
The problem with public sector procurement
The Social Value Act has brought questionable benefits and serious costs
How to destroy football
“Blue cards” will only add to the confusion and subjective rulings we’re now seeing
Saving London from the czar
London’s nightlife could be great — but it needs real change
Dream teens
Promise is no guarantee of a long career
In the name of God, lead
The Prime Minister appears terrified of making a stand against racism in his own party
Grandmasters: a meeting of great minds
Napoleon and Goethe: Touchstone of Genius by Raymond Keene
Synaesthesia
Robert Thicknesse, Lucy Lethbridge, and Yehuda Shapiro return for a mind bending and spirit expanding episode of Critical Mash
Were lockdowns ethical?
Questionable benefits were emphasised above obvious and dramatic harms
Overmedicalisation is harming Generation Z
Zoomers are fragile because they have been told they are
The passage from India
The failings of Bazball, like the failings of Britain, are becoming more apparent
The shadowy economics of fentanyl
One professor is investigating how the deadly drug trade works — and how it might be fought
