Pre-raphaelites
Sensation painting
The many women in white at the Royal Academy are just one aspect of Whistler’s brilliance
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Digging for gold
La fanciulla del West, Opera Holland Park
Our money, abroad
If Whitehall can’t stop taxpayers’ money reaching terrorists, it should stop sending it abroad
A revolutionary king
The monarch’s vision of “harmony” will have lasting impact
Killing the bill
Parliament has not approved assisted suicide — but the fight to revive it has already begun.
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works
Is it time to let the doctor die?
Doctor Who has become increasingly incoherent and increasingly ideological
The knife and the bone
After war and repression, Iranian dissidents believe the regime’s reckoning is near — but Tehran’s influence reaches far beyond its borders
Regulating the rogue degree factories
Do universities have the resources and the will to monitor what is happening in their name?
By the by-elections
Do not expect major surprises or lasting change as a result of the latest Scottish by-elections
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature
Papal pressures
The Pope was well-received in Spain, but political tensions have been mounting