John Galliano
Keep your shirt on
Don your white shirt with a flash of scarlet à la the fashion bitches
Crisis, what crisis?
The Spring Budget was a shameless manifesto of complacency and managed decline
Singers have a voice, too
Study of the Western canon is often reduced to a politicised debate: power and patronage versus individual genius. The truth is far more complex
Poor old Carmen
This update of a classic from the Royal Opera House is a reminder of why messing with great pieces is so risky
Introducing Critical Mash
Our new arts podcast, broadcasting from the frontline of the (high) culture war
Four women seers in a time of strife
Eilenberger’s design is to present philosophy outside the lecture theatre in its life-transforming power
Scarlet Blake is a man
Indulging the fantasies of violent criminals is endangering women
Attack is the best form of defence
The right cannot always be fighting a rearguard action in the culture wars
Deer prudence
It’s time for a change of attitude to wild British venison
In praise of centibillionaires
When people are free to make a lot of money from new businesses, everybody wins
Ridiculous research and irate academics (w/ Charlotte Gill)
Do we have the right to debate where our taxes are going?