Marilyn Monroe
The art of the hype
Beyond its backstory, ‘Shot Sage Blue Marilyn’ is both one of a series and an image made in part by a reproductive method
Life amid the ruins
Any captured, destroyed city, offers the same problems for the new owners
Was Houellebecq right?
Reassessing the French novelist vilified for forecasting the Islamicisation of France
You reap what you sow
Poor Daniel Zeichner was left to face the outrage that the Budget had caused
Kemi Badenoch is a useful idiot
The former Secretary of State has a track record of advancing woke regulations
A wealth of glorious objects and images
A new book about the discovery of classical sculptures and frescoes is itself a real treasure
Now’s your time, House of Lords
The upper house must prove its worth by opposing the shabby Chagos Islands deal
Crisis of leadership
No Tory can seriously expect conservatism from Kemi Badenoch
Complex fractions
Where is the joy and the reward of owning a fractional share in individual art?
Inflation and inflated expectations
To understand inflation, we must understand different kinds of inflation
Is “progressive realism” either?
Weighing up the rights and wrongs of the Lammy Doctrine
Tawdry tales
The Tales of Hoffmann, Royal Opera House
