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Could Picasso Draw Better than Raphael?

Comparing Pablo Picasso's drawings to those of the Old Masters reveals his failure to master the basics of draughtsmanship

May 29, 2012

Art·Critique

“Weary of Silence, Soon Sickened by Words”

Delving into the various linguistic predicaments of Samuel Beckett reveals the beautiful complications of his writings.

April 23, 2012

Critique·Language·Literature

Beware the Fausts of Neuroscience

Neuroscientists attempt to reduce the greatest aspects of human behaviour and existence to material Darwinism. We should be sceptical about their overblown claims

March 26, 2012

Critique·Science

Paths to Democracy, Catholic and Secular

Setting the tone of Catholic political thought for three centuries, it is in France where one uncovers the roots of the separation of Church and State

February 21, 2012

Critique·History·Politics

Novelists at Arms

Evelyn Waugh said that WWII would serve writers well, replenishing their stocks of experience. But several works borne out of the war were masterpieces of literature

December 20, 2011

Critique·Literature

David Hockney: A Life Spent Looking

A major retrospective of David Hockney's work at the Royal Academy showcases the Yorkshire-born artist's love of his Northern homeland

November 22, 2011

Art·Critique

What Survives of Him is Love

Philip Larkin's letters to his lover Monica Jones speak of a non-sexual intimacy and chart his progression to poetic maturity

October 25, 2011

Critique·Literature

Editorial image for "The Red Roots of Folk Music" — Folk music has long been influenced by ultra-Left politics.

Folk music has long been influenced by ultra-Left politics. Yet as the example of composer Cornelius Cardew has shown, even those with Communist sympathies have things to teach us about community music

September 27, 2011

Communism·Critique·Music·UK Politics