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 quaintness of the campaign against public schools
The abuse was terrible but its relevance to modern politics is dubious
Why Britain needs Popular Conservatism
The Conservative Party has not fulfilled the promise of Brexit or overcome the legacy of Blair
Why not the Taliban Line?
These new overground lines are not sufficiently progressive
The problem with e-mortality
Techno-utopians are failing reason and failing technology
The arts are under threat in Scotland
New legislation endangers freedom, but the arts have been enabling its suppression for some time
Banning masks from protests is a bad idea
Anonymity can be essential to dissent against tyrannical regimes
Three novelists pushing the bloat out
Some novels still dare to leave the reader’s hand unheld — without universal success
The Midas touch
The kind of skill that makes the breath catch in thousands of throats at once
When classicists attack classics
Sanskrit isn’t the only ancient language to be affected by academic imperialism
Doubting the new Ireland
The more traditions have been deconstructed, the more people have experienced a sense of loss
The Conservative betrayal of selective schooling
Grammar schools are great — but there are not enough of them
