Turner Prize
The Turner Prize’s identity crisis
The art establishment has revived competent drawing in spite of itself
Art for oligarchs’ sake
Divorced from aesthetic considerations, the modern art business is a refuge for the uber-rich
Cancel the Turner
It looks like it was made by artists who don’t like art and chosen by judges who don’t either
Tense present
Our demand for immediacy makes it difficult to appreciate the past, the present or the future
No, Churchill wasn’t the bad guy
The debate over Britain’s wartime leader has been reignited by an ignorant revisionist account
Sean Scully in France
He’s been showered with honours and awards — yet plenty of people can’t stand his work
Two-tier justice in Northern Ireland
Why do only some killings deserve investigation?
Kemi Badenoch’s “ming vase” must be shattered
The Conservative candidate should not be allowed to escape scrutiny
Smacking harms children
Smacking didn’t harm you? Maybe this debate isn’t for you
Back in the arena
If you liked Gladiator, you’ll like Gladiator II
The West should stop indulging delusions on Ukraine
Ukraine cannot achieve its maximal goals
War returns to Kursk
Could the famous WW2 era battlefield be yet another military turning point?
The public sector must reform or die
Too big to fail? It is too big to succeed
A craven surrender
The handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius represents a mindless and unjust capitulation to a foreign power
