Frances Spalding
Why The Most Civilised Of Men Felt Like A Fraud
James Stourton’s biography of Kenneth Clark offers insights into a life riddled with paradox
Paul Nash: A Very British Modernist
A major exhibition at Tate Britain offers a welcome opportunity to take in a broad view of an artist who reinvigorated art
Legacy of a Sir-Realist
The surrealist Sir Roland Penrose, who married Lee Miller, befriended Picasso, and co-founded the ICA
China has a strategy and Britain doesn’t
A roadmap to better relations requires realism. Beijing’s interests and goals are openly stated—if you know where to look
The plague
Standpoint goes to press as the pandemic rages. So too does the search for blame and the political fall-out
Defeat begets defeat for Britain’s cloth-eared Left
The censorious culture of the liberal Left is hostile to freedom of expression. The fate of the trans-rights movement evinces this pointless politics