September
Ducking for cover
Tweed breeks, secret shoots and searching for lapwings
When the Left thought free trade meant peace
Socialists, communists and liberals were united by a conviction that free trade could, and would, promote democracy and justice
Disbanding St John’s Voices would be cultural vandalism
Modern bureaucrats should leave our choirs alone
So, farewell then Humza
One man was very impressed with Humza Yousaf’s resignation speech
The new Ottomans
The fall and rise of Istanbul under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Barking up the wrong tree
Insta-obsessed diners can’t see the food for the reels
The lonely end of a political failure
Leo Varadkar rode to power on a wave of optimism and is disappearing in a puff of disaffection
This is not where I live at all
Cynthia Erivo’s slighting of Sunderland was indicative of British arts establishment beholden to a homogenous, Americanised vision of culture
Bumps in the road
British roads, like Britain itself, need a lot of maintenance work
Britons need real ownership, not feudal leaseholds
We should shake up an outdated and restrictive system that offers a simulation of property ownership
The right must learn from modern art
Marcel Duchamp’s rule-breaking provides real lessons for the right
The Turner’s identity crisis
The art establishment has revived competent drawing in spite of itself
