Landscape
The art of nature
We need landscapes that articulate meaning
Thomas Girtin: a YBA of yesteryear
At the time of his death, he had done more than Turner to show the possibilities of watercolour
The art of Caspar David Friedrich
In our brave new world of modern art, there’s a growing appetite for celebrating the mystery of the natural world
Pond life with Mum
Patrick Galbraith says water can be a great healer
Most Read
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Night of the big bins
How Count Binface changed the face of Britain forever
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
The Boston barbarians
The Boston Symphony acted like a New Orleans nightclub owner with a recalcitrant pole-dancer
Farage fumbles
“Stop Farage” seems to be a more effective message than “Farage”
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?
Can we get removals right?
Deporting illegal migrants is a lot more difficult than promising to deport them
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
The great HR survivors
As the DEI era fades, personnel heads live on as senior CEO consiglieri and hatchet-bearers
We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe