On Art
St. Vincent
The acclaim is excessive but the talent undeniable
The art of violence
High jinks in the Groucho Club are small beer when compared to the misdeeds of their artist ancestors
Advertisements for themselves
Michael Craig-Martin and the sad afterlife of conceptual art
The second life of Tracey Emin
A brush with death has revitalised her work
Stubbs at flay
His controlled charnel house gave the painter a peerless understanding of horses
Kimchi culture
A new gallery pursues a pungent kind of artistic and intellectual renewal
A neglected radical
Guillaume Guillon-Lethière was an artistic and social pioneer
Remnant Rubens
A provincial folk artist offers an alternative view of Georgian society
What Lowry saw in the sea
The philosophical side of the painter of “matchstalk men” adds to his charm
X scandal
The fault lay in the dirty minds of the viewers, he said
The great British giveaway
The handover of the Chagos Islands reflects a wider lack of realism in UK foreign policy
Graduation blues
On the sad decline of the British university
A captivating northern star
If Lise Davidsen sneezes, the opera world shuts down
Anti-Christian bias is rife in Employment Tribunals
If you’re Christian, you can no longer count on a fair hearing in workplace disputes
The meaning of depoliticisation
How the establishment made political questions unanswerable
Anti-Christian persecution is an international problem
Britain should use its diplomatic influence to help
Why Ukraine almost certainly cannot win
And why the war is likely to continue anyway
There’s no good way to equal pay
You can’t beat the laws of supply and demand
Gothic staging
The Turn of the Screw, Coliseum
Landscapes of allusion and illusion
On the architecture of recreation
Riddle of the Pylons
Intrigue, invasion and romance blossom in Lincolnshire
