Thomas Piketty
The grim reality of a citizens’ assembly
A seemingly democratic initiative was nothing of the sort
Synaesthesia
Robert Thicknesse, Lucy Lethbridge, and Yehuda Shapiro return for a mind bending and spirit expanding episode of Critical Mash
Essential all-embracing warmth
Gidon Kremer: Songs of Fate (ECM)
How did Conservative modernisation go?
David Cameron’s “A-List” has turned out to be second-rate
Google has a history problem
As much as we might wish that history had been different, virtue cannot grow from the soil of falsehood
Brussels, capital city of Surrealism
In Brussels, Surrealism lurks in the most unexpected places
Artistic freedom is worth the risk
Arts Council England’s revised guidance offers cause for concern over freedom of expression
In praise of borrowed ideas
AI will not be the death of creativity, and could even enhance it