Museums
Only the truly privileged can be cultural relativists
It is easy not to judge appalling cultural practices from a distance
Swiftism’s role in saving the V&A Museum
The unconventional Englishness of the Taylor Swift phenomenon
Art as collateral
Making art mean something again
Remnant Rubens
A provincial folk artist offers an alternative view of Georgian society
The National Trust should act its age
Our main heritage conservation charity wants to be down with the kids
Are we losing control of our collections?
We need trustees who actually believe in our museums
Whither the RIBA’s drawings?
Maverick John Harris embarked on the closest Britain has ever got to an architecture museum
The Conservatives can still reform our cultural institutions
The Tories should cut the Blob down to size before Keir Starmer comes to power
Is a guaranteed sale fair?
Auction house practices may be distorting the picture
Jam, Jute, journalism, Japanese design
There is a lot more to see and enjoy in Dundee than London reviewers suggested
Gender identity ideology is undermining healthcare
There is nothing “gender-affirming” about having cancer
Bursting the myth of the “people’s war”
The Home Guard was not a nation-in-arms of the Jacobin kind
Good, mostly clean, fun
The Boys from Syracuse, Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Digging the Holy Land’s past
Our modern controversies about Jerusalem have ancient and medieval roots
Ultra processed arguments
Public health commentators cannot seem to decide what is safe to eat
Getting the creeps
How should we cope with the unsettling in everyday life?
Don’t stop the music
How a legendary DJ was cancelled just for listening to women
The attractions of extremes
Are we going to become ever more passive consumers of other people’s thoughts and memories?
Make high culture popular again
We need to face the music and embrace the highbrow
Religion without mercy
Progressivism has all the zeal of Christianity, but none of its emphasis on forgiveness
An excess of Fauré
Gabriel Fauré: Violin concerto (Naxos), Complete piano works (Calliope)
