Raphael
Let there be light
Raphael’s masterful depiction of divine light owes much to Dante, who incorporated the latest
optical thinking in his visionary poetry
Sex and Sanctity
There are wonders great and small in the Raphael exhibition at the National Gallery
The dangerous rise of egg harvesting
Women should not be encouraged to undergo a dangerous and unnecessary procedure
Donald Trump is a wake-up call for Europe
We cannot complacently depend on the US
Opposing big government means opposing climate change
We need a market-led course to net zero
Take a bow
This season’s must-have neckwear is a sartorial two-fingered salute to life
When the music stopped
A reflection on the inexorable decline of arts education and the rise of knee-jerk politics and managerialism
Labour’s insecurity counsel
A strategy of concession and apology will not build Britain’s soft power
Disaster zone
It’s a big job says Keir Starmer, and it’s not our mess we’ll be clearing up
BoJo’s Life of Johnson
Exclusive extracts of perhaps the best autobiography by a former Conservative prime minister called Boris
The childishness of republicanism
Lidia Thorpe’s outburst is no reflection of the Australian attitudes towards the King