Nick Clegg
Bad television is good for democracy
This election has broken the aura and expectation accorded to TV debates
Is there such a thing as right-wing comedy?
The issue of political balance in comedy is no laughing matter
Our friends in court
John Bowers reviews “Enemies of the People?” by Joshua Rozenberg
The silence of the self-censoring writers
Our writers must be bold enough to write the words they want to write, independent, and stronger for that
Africa’s Covid-19 response has humbled the Western world
Why is it that Africa has seemingly dealt with the coronavirus pandemic better than the rest of the world?
Sex and violence: Titian’s Metamorphoses
The National Gallery are reopening their headline 2020 exhibition on 8th July
The future of Britain’s stately homes
How has the coronavirus pandemic affected Britain’s country houses?
Love, work and whimsy
MacDonald Gill’s poster for the Empire Marketing Board helped promote a nation at the height of its powers
Miss Havisham on heroin
Natasha Green reviews Kitty Peck and the Music Hall Murders, by Kate Griffin
The legacy of Vanity Fair’s caricatures
Each cartoon had a story to tell about eminent figures in Victorian and Edwardian society
The horror versus the farce
25 years on from Srebrenica and our Balkan interventions