Pre-raphaelites
Sensation painting
The many women in white at the Royal Academy are just one aspect of Whistler’s brilliance
The end of art critics
The critics who are now lackeys of the art world
In a manor of shrieking
One haunted house has an infamy above all others: McKamey Manor, in the USA
Portugal and the missing goats
The roots of environmental disasters can be odder than they look
A festival of losing
Will the Republic of Ireland ever face up to its problems?
Out of power for half a century
As the Conservatives face the prospect of a long spell in opposition, they must heed the lessons of their predecessors
White male conservatives for identity politics
Kemi Badenoch’s supporters should have fewer illusions
A bloodless coup in Bucharest
How can elections be cancelled without substantive reasons even being presented?
The future that never came
Post-war London was saved from a modernist masterplan
Can Nigel Farage do his job?
Against the grim passivity of British politics
Autumn Reeves
It was a grim budget — but was it a necessary one?
The curious incuriosity of multiculturalists
We cannot blind ourselves to differences between people
