The Barbican
Was postwar Britain as grey and dull as everyone thinks?
A new exhibition at the Barbican sheds light on the forgotten decade
Labour’s timebomb
This one-term Labour government will bequeath a wretched economic mess
Afrocentrism with a Labour twist
Dawn Butler’s Black History Month video was disturbing as well as weird
Don’t Cry for Me, Diego Garcia
A small island is in trouble, foreigners are probably up to no good, and the Tories are yomping to the rescue
Tablets of stone
Tech firms increasingly set the rules when it comes to education
Complex fractions
Where is the joy and the reward of owning a fractional share in individual art?
The iconoclast’s last defence
Artistic excuses for Just Stop Oil are confused and opportunistic
Justin Welby should resign
If sin means anything, how can the Church of England hierarchy be maintained?
Love, death and drink
Does inspiration really come out of a bottle?
Noisy decline
Blaring incongruous sound is as much a sign of urban decay as piles of litter
Badenoch’s “muscular liberalism” is a non-starter
The Conservative leader sounds hopelessly out of touch
After Covid
English towns have a long road to economic recovery
