War Artists’ Advisory Committee
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
AI, religion and AI religion
Pope Leo is right to push back against the prophets of AI supremacy and AI doom
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan
Where are all the ambitious Scots?
Whole sectors were once dominated by Caledonian migrants
The regressive feminism of “angry young women”
Gen Z’s radical vanguard have built their worldview on unprogressive foundations
The flawed thinking behind state suicide
The crushing cost of social care may one day make assisted suicide seem an admirable choice
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
Conservatives should learn from Labour
We might disagree with the ideas of Labour politicians, but we can learn from their methods
A below-par Riley is still better than most
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Tuttle; Still Talking by Lore Segal
The name game
Nominative determinism is a rich seam to be mined in sport
Pretending obligatory is “voluntary”
There is no better way to destroy people’s independence and probity
These violent delights
Pagliacci made the murder the true apex of the show