Visual Culture
The emperors’ new clothes
Beard emerges with a portrait of the emperors’ afterlives as vivid as the busts themselves
Going Rogue
An interesting if unappealingly illustrated reassessment of a neglected style
The golden age of criticism?
There are good reasons why serious writers no longer review in the national press
Art of the deal
A simple sale, with money changing hands, was out of the question
Why Sergeant Martyn Blake was acquitted
There does not appear to be any case for rejecting the decision of the jury
An irreversible step
If Britain embraces euthanasia for the terminally ill, it won’t end there
The dismal state of British defence
The UK’s defence strategy is a combination of hope and vibes
Assisted dying and the suicidal
The culture around assisted dying could aggravate the thoughts of the suicidal
The bastard son of democratic aestheticisation
How Donald Trump made populism funny
One of the greats
Bathos, fatalism, heartbreak: these are the pillars of a MacColl song
How will Christian MPs shape the assisted suicide debate?
The Tory Christian is in decline, but the Labour Christian could make the difference