Renaissance Art
The Kunstkammer
A gallery that contains the curiosities of many peoples
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
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes
Sometimes look on the bright side of life
We should welcome the more culturally affirmative moments of pessimistic and condemnatory commentators
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
Greene around the gills
A truly ghastly gastropub
The mirage of majesty
Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world
Better Slayyyter than never
Like the first Strokes album if Max Martin had produced it
We need to make a better case against Magic Monetary Theory
Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments
Kemi at the crossroads
Kemi Badenoch cannot tell everybody what they want to hear
Who wants to be a patriotic millionaire?
More taxation will not solve our economic woes
Will Spain become a Protestant country?
How immigration is changing the religious dynamics of a traditional Catholic stronghold