Features
The Critic Interview: Gilbert and George
Michael Prodger meets the defiantly independent duo who back Brexit and resent the hostility of the art establishment towards them
The beauty of Brutalism
Durham’s concrete masterpiece needs love, not the wrecking ball
Folly, fantasy and Britain’s defence crisis
Britain has spent scarce resources in support of the fantasy of “Global Britain”
The case for Badenoch
She has a chance to capitalise on Starmer’s weakness
Ministry of Silly Thoughts
Wes Streeting made the grave error of consulting the British people
The hollowness of postliberalism
Its vagueness and sentimentality encourage political opportunism
Save nursing from the universities
There is no need for nursing to be a graduate only occupation
Hot desking
We, the special advisers of the Labour Party, seek justice!
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)
Don’t bet on green energy
Groupthink has blinded us into backing solar and wind. Will a big short make us see sense?
Improvement and impoverishment
Urban life from the poorhouse to the public house
Thou shalt not pray?
The British state is ruthlessly prosecuting thoughtcrime
Plague and progress
In the 17th century, disease drove social and urban change in England
