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”
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
Scary cute
CUTE, a new exhibition at Somerset House is a deliciously unsettling stroll down the uncanny valley
This vision glorious
Let us allow the glory of Easter to touch our daily lives
Learning in the round
Spreading fingers over a globe, not pinching them on a screen, is the best way to answer questions
A talented pianist and a battered piano
Bezhod Abduraimov: Shadows of my ancestors (Alpha-Classics)
Musical no man’s lands
Two violin concertos fail to inspire
The wines of Israel
Israel’s wine heartland is now suffering from rocket attacks
Men deserve single-sex spaces too
The campaign against the Garrick Club is tiresome and opportunistic
A bitter pill
Women and girls are losing medical advice and safeguards in the name of “freedom”
Rishi goes a-wooin’
The Prime Minister was an extremely nervous suitor trying to impress some very sceptical rural in-laws
Liberal gerontocracy and its discontents
Fewer young people supporting more old people has become an unsustainable situation