Maggi Hambling
Maggi Hambling’s sculpture is simply bad art
Perhaps if it were a simply better artwork, then Hambling’s statue would have been more warmly received
“A metal barbie on the crest of an £143,000 turd”
Mary Wollstonecraft’s statue is a failed attempt to depict an “everywoman”
More than one way to skin a cat
The thing about formulae is that they’re an aid, not a guide
The self-destruction of the centrists
Chaos looms for the Conservative Party
The enemy of the Civil Service is my friend
Conservatives should hope that Keir Starmer can weaken its grip on British policy
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
Sinn Féin sullied the cenotaph
Apologists for terrorism should have had nothing to do with Remembrance Sunday
A real plan for growth
A series of simple economic blunders has led to self-defeating policies that strangle any chance of prosperity for all
Only the truly privileged can be cultural relativists
It is easy not to judge appalling cultural practices from a distance
Biden’s legacy of escalation
His last decisions could determine the state of global politics
Death on demand?
Euthanasia offers only bad choices to the most vulnerable patients
An orderly and civilised society
The biggest missing idea in British politics