The Courtauld
The art of introspection
This gathering of Van Gogh’s self-portraits is as unsettling as it is impressive
The Courtauld: a collection unmasked
The gallery has long been famous for its impressionist collection, but the reopening sheds light on other works of art
The death of conservatism?
Individually and collectively, we must choose life
Risks and rewards
It is too easy to forget that jockeys run life-threatening risks
The self-destruction of the centrists
Chaos looms for the Conservative Party
The bizarre campaign against Physician Associates
The interests of doctors are being elevated above the interests of patients
International Society for Libdem Consciousness
It’s a cult, but at least it’s one of the cheerful ones
Prom-lematic
Landlords, Lammy, “Land of Hope and Glory” and other questionable phenomena
What do Labour think a conversion therapy is?
There has to be a middle ground between complete denial and complete affirmation
Roger Scruton’s naive nationalism
Cultural nationalism is an ill-fitting model for the modern nation state