Klimt
Love and death in Vienna
Spanish flu killed Schiele and Klimt. Their art sensed the brevity of life and the doom of their society
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature
A crippling consensus
Labour, the Greens and the Lib Dems are singing from the same destructive hymn sheet
Student Loans don’t add up
a fairer way out of a
disastrous policy mess
A rare interview proved a delight
Eavesdropping on two intelligent people sharing a civilised conversation about interesting things
The Ghost Dance of Rejoin
There is no real argument for rejoining the EU — and nobody makes one
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting
Pretending obligatory is “voluntary”
There is no better way to destroy people’s independence and probity
The government must end its war on the price mechanism
The government is stubbornly ignoring the harms and risks of its interventions into markets
I’m worried about Andy Burnham
If Burnham does to Britain what he has done to Manchester, we are in big trouble
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws