Léon Spilliaert
Belgian light amid the gloom
The work of two fine artists is gaining belated and well-deserved recognition
The coddlin’ of the British dance
How Britain’s anarchic rave scene turned authoritarian
A Phoenix rises
Professor Jo Phoenix’s legal triumph is also a triumph for free speech
The right must learn from modern art
Marcel Duchamp’s rule-breaking provides real lessons for the right
Explaining the “gender pay gap”
It does not exist — or, at least, not as you might have thought
Blue de grâce?
The next election could spell doom for the Conservative Party
The age of the news influencer
TikTok reveals a broader existential crisis facing the media and our consumption of the news
Doomsday is not a day of the week
Sometimes, we dwell on tomorrow at the expense of eternity
Plain English by committee
The effect of the Woolf reforms was to replace one set of legal jargon with another
Leaving Kindland, entering reality
“Being kind” at the expense of truth and reason can make us nothing of the kind
Light from darkness
Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family and Social Class by Rob Henderson
Must we keep failing universities alive?
History is full of institutions which could not justify their own existence