Women Artists
Feminist rehab for mean girl Mahler
You’d have thought the Head Muse of old Vienna had enough on her plate
One of the greats
Bathos, fatalism, heartbreak: these are the pillars of a MacColl song
Singers have a voice, too
Study of the Western canon is often reduced to a politicised debate: power and patronage versus individual genius. The truth is far more complex
Eight women well worth meeting
“Parallel Lives” is an unsung gem of an exhibition
Sports inequity
Modern academia wants us to believe six impossible things before breakfast
Leave our pubs alone
New public health proposals are missing the pint
The problem with EDI
Equality, diversity and inclusion policies are constraining free thought and dividing people
The half-forgotten promise of the Jubilee Line
The London Underground line points the way towards a better future
4B and the futility of heteropessimism
Romance is painful but it is also possible
What’s wrong with the Human Rights Act?
It makes judges the arbiter of moral and political as well as legal decisions
The Scullionbait Awards for Reporting Merit
Articles with no opposing quotes, criticism, or trace of so-called “balance”
What is behind the ECHR debate?
We should stop pretending that moral disagreements can be reduced to technical debates
The 300 Years’ War
How conflict over land ownership shaped conflict over Ireland
The case for Badenoch
She has a chance to capitalise on Starmer’s weakness
The expensive problem with the minimum wage
Higher wages for some, perhaps, but joblessness for others
