Hildebrand Gurlitt
Mystery of the tainted cache
The Gurlitt affair looked as if it might be unpicked but it has proved intractable
Newsnight and the rapist
The BBC should be embarrassed by its careless coverage of a man who has now been convicted of rape
WW3 and the end of history
The age of world wars is past, the age of global civil war has come
Introducing Critical Mash
Our new arts podcast, broadcasting from the frontline of the (high) culture war
End of the Biden farce?
The President’s fragility has been obvious for years — but was he ever in control?
How to lose an empire
The rise and fall of the Sassoon family, whose yearning for social acceptance brought titles at the cost of success
Murders for March
Sharp lines, twisting plots and colourful characters
All smoke and no fire
An Impact Assessment on prohibiting cigarettes is unconvincing
The right must learn from modern art
Marcel Duchamp’s rule-breaking provides real lessons for the right
Don’t take the vapes!
Will there be no end to the government’s embrace of prohibitionism?
The West needs more decisive diplomacy
Diplomatic vacillation is enabling the spread of armed conflict
Hatred and mental illness are not mutually exclusive
Violent men being mentally ill need not make broader societal phenomena irrelevant
