Modern Art
A tawdry death imitating art
Francis Bacon’s turbulent love for George Dyer is visible on the canvas
Was postwar Britain as grey and dull as everyone thinks?
A new exhibition at the Barbican sheds light on the forgotten decade
Lover, muse, artist
The aim of this new biography is to re-establish this undeservedly overlooked artist
Art for oligarchs’ sake
Divorced from aesthetic considerations, the modern art business is a refuge for the uber-rich
No, Liz Truss did not crash the economy
The Conservatives should be brave enough to take on this stupid talking point
The enigma of Englishness
The English have debated their national nature for centuries
Why we don’t police anti-Christian hate
Jewish and Muslim communities rightly get protections and attention from the government — but Christians are routinely overlooked
A talented pianist and a battered piano
Bezhod Abduraimov: Shadows of my ancestors (Alpha-Classics)
Grandmasters: a meeting of great minds
Napoleon and Goethe: Touchstone of Genius by Raymond Keene
Police Scotland must stop patronising the public
The Hate Crime And Public Order Act will waste the time of the police and endanger the freedoms of the public
Should there be set texts for MPs?
Establishment ignorance of the texts we should be governed by is endangering the United Kingdom
From cholera to coronavirus
A forgotten novel offers insights into living with a deadly and dehumanising pandemic
How Britain fell in love with cars
From Wind in the Willows to Wodehouse, cars captured the imagination
The campaign against National Conservatism is a disgrace
A peaceful conference is facing state and activist intimidation
Take trade experts and their models with a bucket of salt
The negative impact of Brexit on trade, and the economy at large, is still being overstated
