Jonathan Powell
We can’t even give them away
Let’s not pretend we have sovereignty over the Chagos Islands
Clickbait criticism
A depressing, inarticulate complaint of a generation too paralysed even to make art
Portugal and the missing goats
The roots of environmental disasters can be odder than they look
Make high culture popular again
We need to face the music and embrace the highbrow
Don’t trust the Runnymede Trust
The law is too indulgent of political charities
The sorry strategy
Reparations are a deeply dangerous strategy in the carnivorous world of geopolitics
Blue-collar brilliance
1970s Pittsburgh wasn’t just a steel town: it was the steel town
Twilight of the hacks
“A Very Royal Scandal” and the emptiness of modern journalism
A wealth of glorious objects and images
A new book about the discovery of classical sculptures and frescoes is itself a real treasure
What’s wrong with the Human Rights Act?
It makes judges the arbiter of moral and political as well as legal decisions
The shell shock of the arts
How will the art world respond to its narrative shock?