Renaissance
Studio: Donatello at the Palazzo Strozzi
A magnificent celebration of the artist who was midwife to the birth of humanism
Sex and Sanctity
There are wonders great and small in the Raphael exhibition at the National Gallery
Seductive, scholarly life of the poet-priest
This new biography of John Donne brings the centuries-dead poet to life
Masterly study of sacred masterpieces
Embodied divinity
A classic work of unbridled joy
This is the best popular edition ever produced of one of the most amusing books in our language
Whatever happened to the polymath?
Professor Jeremy Black talks to The Critic’s political editor, Graham Stewart, about the idea of the Renaissance Man
Commoner with the divine touch
Raphael, as dedicated a lover as he was a painter, died at 37 at the height of his powers and fame, illustrates Michael Prodger
Defending life and liberty
Abortion buffer zones hurt, rather than help women and babies
Who are the Scottish Conservatives?
The election of Russell Findlay to lead the Scottish Conservatives reveals a party that doesn’t know what it stands for
The great migration
What will Twitter do without its smuggest inhabitants?
The childishness of republicanism
Lidia Thorpe’s outburst is no reflection of the Australian attitudes towards the King
BBC Verify’s Bangladesh blunder
In trying to combat misinformation, the BBC has spread its own
Democracy is being undermined in Northern Ireland
Brussels and London are both being reckless about Stormont
A recipe for decline
This budget will do nothing to lift Britain from its doldrums
Take a bow
This season’s must-have neckwear is a sartorial two-fingered salute to life
Pandæmonium
Better to reign in hell than serve in government
British universities should stop using foreign students as a crutch
Its short-term benefits are obvious but it is not a long-term solution
Over the line
No one should discipline children for asking honest questions or telling the truth
