Sir Kenneth Clark
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
The Ghost Dance of Rejoin
There is no real argument for rejoining the EU — and nobody makes one
Labour’s toxic medicine
The more they treat the symptoms of decline, the worse things get
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes
Critical briefing: Tisza
What you need to know about the new Hungarian establishment
Classic is back
Why contemporary art may be losing ground
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay
A day out at Unite the Kingdom
Tommy Robinson’s latest demonstration was a peculiarly hammy affair
Brave new world or fools’ paradise?
For Dubai’s quarter of a million British expats, the Iran war is a mere blip in a luxurious lifestyle
Papal pressures
The Pope was well-received in Spain, but political tensions have been mounting
Why nationalisation is not the answer to our problems
Planning, not privatisation, is the big problem with our water
We must get serious about anti-Jewish terror
Britain faces a dangerous rise in anti-Jewish violence and must get real about its implications