Richard Coles
The Age of Coles
The former vicar is perfectly suited for the Starmer years
The end of art critics
The critics who are now lackeys of the art world
Minimum pricing, maximum annoyance
No one wins when the minimum price for alcohol rises
Tense present
Our demand for immediacy makes it difficult to appreciate the past, the present or the future
Cities of the mind
19th century English towns live on in our collective imagination
Countdown to energy apocalypse
What will happen when the wind doesn’t blow?
Tory Utopias
1940s Conservatism was seething with creativity and optimism
Farewell, knights errant of the road
Once one of London’s most distinctive tribes, cycle messengers are a dying breed
Opposing big government means opposing climate change
We need a market-led course to net zero
An open letter on academic free speech
Calls for more intellectual openness are not a defence of Islamists and Holocaust deniers. A response to Mark Ferguson MP
Kemi’s men of mystery
The second tier Conservatives had a chance to shine
A wealth of glorious objects and images
A new book about the discovery of classical sculptures and frescoes is itself a real treasure
