Henry Tonks: A Strange New Art
The painter refused to call his drawings of disfigured soldiers art. Now they hang in the National Portrait Gallery
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Write On
In today's publishing world, independent authors are at a huge advantage
To Be a Pilgrim
As a Christian, I was deeply moved by a visit to the Holy Land
In Search of the Incomparable Max
I discovered Max Beerbohm as an undergraduate. Rereading his work today has been just as enjoyable
War, Poets, and the Poetry of War
Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon should be remembered as soldiers who were brave enough to show us what war was really like
The Intellectual of The Masses
John Carey sticks up for 'ordinary life' in his memoir The Unexpected Professor
Very Young Ladies and the Tramp
Peter Ackroyd's new biography shows that Charlie Chaplin was an incorrigible womaniser but a brilliant innovator
Rough Justice or Murder?
The Reckoning tells of how Avraham Stern’s death changed the fate of Israel…
Antediluvian Ark
An extraordinary cuneiform tablet has provided a mine of information about pre-biblical flood legends
Final Cut of a Joyous Geriatric
Matisse’s cut-outs are free from the brooding and nostalgia that haunt the late works of so many artists
Russia Versus Ukraine
Vladimir Putin is often described as being like a grandmaster in his moves on the diplomatic board. This is based on the clichéd view that Russian skill at…
The Turbulent Minister is Right
British churchmen look to America’s example on welfare…