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
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?