Japanese Art
The bacchanalia of Kawanabe Kyōsai
This exhibition at the Royal Academy revels in the artist’s versatility
The poverty of miners’ strike nostalgia
We should not romanticise a futile and sometimes thuggish struggle
Why are we ignoring the slaughter in Sudan?
There is no excuse for indifference when we pay such close attention to other wars
When the populist meets the Pope
Javier Milei and Pope Francis represent very different and often hostile elements of Argentinian cultural life
Why did behavioural scientists crave mask mandates?
The COVID pandemic exposed the nastiness of nudging
Encouraging evil for the common good
Mansfield does not condemn him: rather refreshingly he exhilarates in Machiavelli’s genius
Marshalling India’s maharajahs
Dethroned: The Downfall of India’s Princely States by John Zubrzycki
Bumps in the road
British roads, like Britain itself, need a lot of maintenance work
Devolution has been a disaster
SNP incompetence is a feature of the system and not a bug
It’s time to stop the rot
Students denounced, lecturers cowed and managers with little interest in truth
Who are universities for?
Research is important — but serving the needs and desires of students matters more
