Poles apart, linked by one instrument Chopin and Wanda Landowska were very different musicians with only one thing in common June 25, 2018 Critique
How Monet created motion pictures The great Impressionist’s series of paintings of Rouen Cathedral prefigures the movies: his eye was the camera, his canvas the screen May 29, 2018 Critique
Musical mountain obscured by cloud Two centuries on, Beethoven’s Hammerklavier Sonata is still as enigmatic and sublime as ever April 23, 2018 Critique
Philip Pullman: siding with Satan The fantasy writer is indebted to the Inklings, whose Christianity he rejects in favour of gnosticism March 28, 2018 Critique
The little town that just won’t lie down Tiny Fordwich in Kent, still thriving after 1,400 years, faces a new invasion: London foodies February 26, 2018 Critique
Tormented prophets of apocalyptic art Schiele and Soutine both used art to express pathological suffering and confront death January 29, 2018 Critique
Can rape and murder make beautiful art? An exhibition at the Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, raises the question of depicting violence November 27, 2017 Critique
A Europhile Brexiteer takes the Grand Tour A journey through Europe was an opportunity to gauge reactions to the referendum October 20, 2017 Critique
Cornish master class in the art of the sublime How an inspiring Hungarian violinist created a musical community at IMS Prussia Cove September 25, 2017 Critique
The Princess and the Poet An inscription in an old book is the clue to a lost world of literary salons and love affairs August 29, 2017 Critique
Opposites meet in the land of Scrugletopia The debate between Sir Roger Scruton and Terry Eagleton enhances our national discourse June 27, 2017 Critique
The Self Is Everywhere — And Yet Nowhere In the absence of the soul, selfhood is located in the brain. But can identity be identified? May 23, 2017 Critique