An Exhibition of and for the nation
The Royal Academy’s summer bunfight has long ceased to be the place for new waves to emerge
Il Faut Cultiver Notre Jardin
Monet was the first among many artists of his era who combined horticulture and painting
Eccentrics Hiding in the Crowds
When the big shows are overrun by the holiday hordes, seize the moment to savour minority tastes
A Journey Back To The Golden Age Of Bronze
A remarkable Florentine exhibition has brought together many of the few surviving Hellenistic sculptures
No art too good for the workers
Fernand Léger drew from popular entertainment and working life to make Cubism less inaccessible
Joyful Dissonance
With her husband Robert, Sonia Delaunay was a pioneer of early 20th-century abstraction
Rome: Arrivederci Roma
The public and government mood towards immigrants, whether legal or illegal, is increasingly ugly
We Abandon Christians in the East At Our Peril
Radical Islam is growing in Muslim countries that openly persecute their religious minorities. The West has so far turned a blind eye
The Middle Kingdom’s Problem with Religion
Faced with an astonishing revival of Christianity in China, Beijing is reacting with a mixture of alarm, repression and control
A Novel Way to Treat a Writer
I have been inundated with emails from GCSE and A-level students who want me to spoonfeed answers on their set texts