US Presidential Election
Studio: Drawing US Presidents
John Springs on illustrating US Presidents throughout his career
Trump versus Biden: Five election night takeaways
What we know – and what we don’t
Hail to the Chief (Part IV)
Graham Stewart talks to Jeremy Black about how the power of the US president has been exercised since the Second World War.
Ms Harris would like to speak to you
The Democratic VP candidate’s officious manner betrays a bureaucratic vindictiveness
Letter from Washington: America’s pre-existing conditions
An unwell body politic must reckon with a sick president
Trump is waging asymmetric warfare – and it’s working
Biden came in for some rough treatment in the first presidential debate
Letter from Washington: The emptiness of Trump 2020
The President doesn’t know what his presidency is for
Return of the Never Trumpers
If the Trump experiment ends in failure, where will it leave those conservatives who told you so?
Letter from Washington: Two funerals and a candidate
Why Biden is winning
Whisperings of the cruel sea
Britten: Concertos (Orfeo)
Ferrari and the terrible joy
Michael Mann’s Ferrari shows how ambiguity and contradiction fuels us
Plain Janeites
For all their admirable dedication, keepers of the Austen flame cannot be so protective
Is Britain a Christian country?
The UK has an established religion alright — the worship of the self
The art of Caspar David Friedrich
In our brave new world of modern art, there’s a growing appetite for celebrating the mystery of the natural world
Exhibiting military history
Four new exhibitions offer vivid insights into different experiences of war
The human condition, in Wales
The universal and the particular sit awkwardly in this Cardiff exhibition
Against gorpcore
We have to develop and embrace aesthetics that inspire the imagination
Scary cute
CUTE, a new exhibition at Somerset House is a deliciously unsettling stroll down the uncanny valley
Do not sanction the truth
Stating biological facts should not be cause for heavy-handed complaints proceedings
How the Ukraine delusion may end
Biden might entertain peace to cut his losses and boost his election chances
