William Boyd
Catnip for culture lovers
Contrasting works from a veteran master of invention and two newer faces who blur fact and fiction
A recipe for decline
This budget will do nothing to lift Britain from its doldrums
Oasis: the good boys of rock and roll
For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success
Clickbait criticism
A depressing, inarticulate complaint of a generation too paralysed even to make art
Love, death and drink
Does inspiration really come out of a bottle?
A wealth of glorious objects and images
A new book about the discovery of classical sculptures and frescoes is itself a real treasure
The afterlife of Father Jerzy Popiełuszko
Reflections on forty years since his death shook communist Poland
Countdown to energy apocalypse
What will happen when the wind doesn’t blow?
There is more to ethics than “#BeKind”
It is not cruel to fear the consequences of legalising assisted dying
Now’s your time, House of Lords
The upper house must prove its worth by opposing the shabby Chagos Islands deal
David Lammy’s Caucasus catastrophe
The Foreign Secretary’s blunder has exposed the hollowness of “progressive realism”
Gothic staging
The Turn of the Screw, Coliseum
