Rachel Ruysch
Netherworld
The Dutch golden age could be anything but for the painters
Attack is the best form of defence
The right cannot always be fighting a rearguard action in the culture wars
Why are we ignoring the slaughter in Sudan?
There is no excuse for indifference when we pay such close attention to other wars
The big bang
On the ecological repercussions and economic contributions of big shoots
The spy who came in from the coast
Defector Natalie Elphicke leaves the Circus to join the pinkos
Escaping Plato’s goon cave
Vision Pro illuminates the telos of modernity and the narrowing of human experience
How did Conservative modernisation go?
David Cameron’s “A-List” has turned out to be second-rate
Open season
I’m trying to stick to wild game, venison and native beef— and monogamy too
A monumental work on British buildings
Gavin Stamp’s posthumous book is a magnificent tour d’horizon, a bible of the styles available to architects between the wars
Motorway-mania
Britain in the age of the automobile
Liberal gerontocracy and its discontents
Fewer young people supporting more old people has become an unsustainable situation
The Midas touch
The kind of skill that makes the breath catch in thousands of throats at once
