Magi
Could it be magic?
Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa by Anthony Grafton
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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
The malicious and the mad
Two recent productions offer two different perspectives on dark sides of masculinity
The last of the fine arts
Hockney insisted on doing exactly as he pleased — and his cigarettes were as much a part of his artistic philosophy as his paintbrush.
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
Art: my part in its downfall
Pierre d’Alancaisez was part of the
contemporary art world’s inner circle until
he saw the error of his ways
Institutional feminism against women
The likes of Julia Gillard and Jess Phillips have enabled misogyny
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?
The real problem with rigmarole
A journalistic focus on proceduralism distracts us from deeper political questions
Quinlan Terry
He kept the flame of classicism alive at a time when it burnt very low
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions
Vote Green to end antisemitism
Critics have been trying to twist their leaders’ words to resemble what they actually said
The NHS is no longer above question
People are finally, if grudgingly, waking up to its flaws