Pre-raphaelites
Sensation painting
The many women in white at the Royal Academy are just one aspect of Whistler’s brilliance
Revolution in the Academy
The quest for knowledge, not power, ought to guide academia
The election is still Trump’s to lose
His performance has been weak but his advantages are many
In praise of Elon Musk
He deserves respect for his defence of free expression online
Roger Scruton’s naive nationalism
Cultural nationalism is an ill-fitting model for the modern nation state
The new equality bar
Is the Bar Standards Council really fit to enforce a proposed raft of new equality rules?
The virtues of complaint
There’s nothing anti-feminist about female complaint
Kemi Badenoch’s “ming vase” must be shattered
The Conservative candidate should not be allowed to escape scrutiny
Murders for September
British detectives go abroad, as this month’s chillers take us from a fictional Spanish island to the Far East
What we don’t talk about when we talk about mental illness
We talk about mental health differently – but is it an improvement?
International Society for Libdem Consciousness
It’s a cult, but at least it’s one of the cheerful ones