vision
When painters lose their sight
How the loss of vision can both help and hinder artists
Who are the Scottish Conservatives?
The election of Russell Findlay to lead the Scottish Conservatives reveals a party that doesn’t know what it stands for
Portugal and the missing goats
The roots of environmental disasters can be odder than they look
The professional classes don’t understand manual work
They cannot understand distinctions between different kinds of labour
Labour is betraying women
From benefits to crime, Keir is letting women down
Exilic yearnings
Miklos Rozsa: violin concerto (LSO Live)
Hush, nepo baby
Such colourful champions of free speech should be treasured rather than ridiculed
Brutalist beauties
These monstrosities were imposed on the population, not desired
Ultra processed arguments
Public health commentators cannot seem to decide what is safe to eat
Don’t idolise Roger Scruton
Our reverence for the late thinker must not limit our imaginations
The personal has become far too political
Something has gone very wrong when we are acutely aware of politics
The restless life of a very bourgois rebel
Gauguin was not an artist who lent himself to categorisation
