The Arts
Against the new witch-hunt in the arts
Art, if it means anything, must be more than propaganda
Cultural institutions are offering kindergarten radicalism
Feel-good clichés are being embraced as revolutionary wisdom
The state of the arts (w/ Pierre d’Alancaisez)
Can art still be essentially and not just instrumentally valuable?
No second coming for the arts
Labour will finish the Tories’ work of destroying the arts – only “better”
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
How procedure is enabling petty criminals
We should support workers who confront criminals
Regulating the rogue degree factories
Do universities have the resources and the will to monitor what is happening in their name?
Britain lacks a party of the young
Britain’s alienated young are drifting leftwards because no serious movement on the right is speaking to their interests
Protecting what matters
The government’s new integration and extremism policy exposes a regime in denial
Prosthetic, pathetic, human
Angela de la Cruz’s playful and ghastly art touches a raw nerve
Light my fire
A perfect spy requires a spark for his cigarette
Scotland’s cold and durable fire
John Swinney is proving that in politics what matters most is simply showing up
Assisted suicide has been dealt a fatal blow
The Scottish Parliament arrived at the right decision. Westminster should do the same
Critical briefing: home ownership headaches
Why more homes are not always good news for the ordinary buyer
Terry tackles literary lightweights
Is a distinguished professor right to hold intellectual biography in low esteem?
The simple joy of giallo
Giallo films made for glorious Italian escapism