Léon Spilliaert
Belgian light amid the gloom
The work of two fine artists is gaining belated and well-deserved recognition
The dangerous lure of Europe
We must disincentivise economic migration to European states
The menace of camouflage
There’s something dark about the spread of sartorial concealment to civilians
Total eclipse of the art?
Activistic artists and curators are making art a niche political endeavour
Impressive yet unmoving
Franz Schmidt: 4 symphonies (Naxos)
Borientalism
Madama Butterfly, Opera Ballet Flanders, Antwerp
What does it mean to be Christian?
We are in danger of reducing faith to the shallow depths of personality and politics
“Trope” is not a synonym of “lie”
You cannot dismiss an argument by calling it a trope
Parable of the talent
Was there ever a more dispiriting line-up of Scrooges than those offered to festive audiences in 2024?
British politicians are turning me into a libertarian
Their incompetence and presumptuousness is the best advert individualists have
Fiddling while Canterbury burns
The new proposals from the Archbishops’ Commission for Racial Justice are depressingly wrongheaded
Some picture-perfect restorations
What we were seeing looked as good as it would have at its premiere
