british culture

The arts in Britain are now joyless vestiges of their former selves

17 October 2026 9:00 am

The modern obsession with politicising every art form seems guaranteed to put anyone off music, painting or literature for life

Happiness is a warm gun

17 September 2022 9:00 am

‘Better use your sense,’ advised Bob Dylan: ‘take what you have gathered from coincidence.’ John Higgs is a master of…

Hard times for the arts

6 February 2021 9:00 am

As readers of a certain age will realise, Looking for a New England derives its title from ‘A New England’,…