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
Tolerating the intolerant
“For those who thought that a global pandemic would sound the death knell for identity politics, think again”
How to prevent the next pandemic
‘I have been reporting as a science journalist for years that the world is at increasing risk of pandemics like this; that this was predicted; that we know what we need to do to prepare and we simply haven’t done it; and that more and worse pandemics are coming so we need to do that, now’
D’où parles-tu? The post-truth world
Power, illusion and the open society: how postmodernism undermines our foundational concepts