The Reign of Spain
Book Review: The Golden Age: The Spanish Empire of Charles V by Hugh Thomas
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Rehab for a President
Book Review: Decision Points by George W. Bush
Rhyming Triplets
Book Reviews: New & Collected Poems, by U. A. Fanthorpe; How Snow Falls, by Craig Raine; and Late Poems, by Anthony Thwaite
The Hounding of M. F. Husain
India's greatest living artist has been forced out of his home country by Hindu sectarian extremists
The New South Sea Bubble
Auction houses are reporting records being broken—even though the works on sale are quite mundane
DIY Stravinsky
The future of art isn't determined by raw cash, as some lamenting the Coalition's Arts cuts dramatically make out
The Public Doctrine of Maurice Cowling
The head of the Peterhouse historical school was concerned with finding a British national identity based on truth and Christian commitment
St Gilbert of Fleet Street
Book Review: The Wit and Wisdom of G. K. Chesterton selected by Bevis Hillier
The Test of Character
Book Reviews: Freedom by Jonathan Franzen; and Sunset Park by Paul Auster
High Priest of Poetry
Taller When Prone by Les Murray
2010 and All That
Book Reviews: Crown and Country: A History of England Through the Monarchy by David Starkey; and The Story of England by Michael Wood
Wanted: A Keynesian Vision for the Arts
The Arts Council started with a tiny budget and a mandate to lift the postwar gloom. Now this meddlesome quango has lost its way and its chair, Liz Forgan, must go