Kenneth Clark
An unlikely man of the people
Kenneth Clark has been unfairly accused of elitism; he wanted to democratise the glories of Western art and make it available to all
Are all Christians monks?
George Guiver’s book exudes down-to-earthiness, bordering on irreverence
Is the culture war over?
Populist political victories do nothing to change the reality of progressive institutional dominance
Conservatives can no longer trust institutions
Institutions are only as effective as the people within them and the culture beyond them
Why young men like Donald Trump
He cuts through the sterility and severity of modern life
The dangerous lure of Europe
We must disincentivise economic migration to European states
The childishness of republicanism
Lidia Thorpe’s outburst is no reflection of the Australian attitudes towards the King
Kemi Badenoch’s “ming vase” must be shattered
The Conservative candidate should not be allowed to escape scrutiny
Exilic yearnings
Miklos Rozsa: violin concerto (LSO Live)
Liberal myths of the “good old ways”
Donald Trump’s foreign policy is not so very different from the Democrats’ imagined golden age of American leadership
Academic freedom needs legal safeguards
Violations of academic freedom are endangering the progress of knowledge and the pursuit of truth
The cottage in the country
The English cottage in the national consciousness