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
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
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
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
That viral Reddit post does not say a lot about society
Don’t confuse your caricature of your outgroup for the real thing
Is our law praiseworthy?
In connection with civil liberties, British law is at its lowest ebb
Why a wealth tax would fail
Wealth taxes have been tested in various countries and have been abandoned for very good reasons
Empire State Madrid
Can a stagnant Spain rediscover the future? Hope lies with its capital
Why the establishment hates X
It can be used to spread misinformation and abuse, yes, but it can also expose inconvenient facts
Murders for July
Your summer holiday reading is sorted here
Badenoch in the bindweed
The Conservative Party leader might please no one by trying to please everyone
The Starmer strikes back
In a galaxy far, far from stable, Labour’s leadership chaos overshadows the King’s Speech
Averting irrational egalitarianism
How to stop ideological anti-racism damaging our institutions and our country
The tears of Keir’s
It was an anticlimactic end to an unconvincing premiership
Nonsense and neurodivergence
The Church of England is confusing irrationality with inclusivity