Caroline Potter
Vanessa Bell
The Dulwich Picture Gallery’s retrospective of Vanessa Bell’s work reveals a spectactularly vibrant artist
A Light Dimmed
The war poet Leslie Coulson has been undeservedly forgotten
Peace In Their Time — At A Price
Throughout the 19th century the pursuit of power permeated European society
Echoes Of The Elusive English
The essays of Ferdinand Mount offer a conflicted but compelling account of national identity
Brave Old Worlds
Two recently reissued novels by Aldous Huxley confront the reader with stark metaphysical truths
Majority rule; minority rights
It is folly to treat UK race relations as totally divorced from the rest of human experience. We need to look at the larger global picture
American revolutions: Rewriting the language of the unheard
‘Dissenting viewpoints — for example, the belief that America is not an intrinsically racist country—are shunned as further proof of racist pathologies’
The favourites
From Piers Gaveston onwards, controversial courtiers have a long history in British politics.How unusual is Dominic Cummings?