Royal Academy of Arts
Sensation painting
The many women in white at the Royal Academy are just one aspect of Whistler’s brilliance
On Lying
The line between dishonesty and stupidity can be difficult to spot
Smartphones are not the source of all social ills
Phones and social media are easy scapegoats for our all too human follies
Why Britain needs more empty homes
The UK’s housing sector is straining at the seams; empty units and second houses are a sign of economic health
It’s not rocket science
It all goes wrong when arts departments start imitating research universities
Exhibiting military history
Four new exhibitions offer vivid insights into different experiences of war
Plain English by committee
The effect of the Woolf reforms was to replace one set of legal jargon with another
Ferrari and the terrible joy
Michael Mann’s Ferrari shows how ambiguity and contradiction fuels us
Small talk and big asks
Men’s mental health is a serious matter — but it is wrong to expect people to be lifesavers
Parents are being hypocritical about smartphones
Yes, kids use their phones too much, but what about adults?
Venice’s tortuous tourist tax
How much public money has been wasted on a scheme which will be quietly retired?
Sheikh up the Telegraph
We are fortunate that the UAE still wishes to invest in so unstable a country
What’s with all the fuss over Simon Fanshawe?
The writer and activist’s nomination as Rector of Edinburgh University has been oddly controversial
