Arts feature
We have lost an unforgettable teacher and one of the greatest living critics
Tanner, the critic RICHARD BRATBY Michael Tanner (1935-2024), who died earlier this month, had such a vital mind and stood…
The tumultuous story behind Caravaggio’s last painting
For centuries no one knew who it was by or even what it was of. The picture that had hung…
The quiet brilliance of street photographer Saul Leiter
This is the second exhibition of mid-century New York street photography at the MK Gallery in Milton Keynes. The first,…
The composer of dog-food ads who also wrote one of the most original cycles of British symphonies
Next month in London, they’re celebrating a composer you’ve probably never heard of, but whose work you’re sure to have…
Will a new Labour government let architects reshape housing?
‘We make our buildings, and afterwards they make us,’ Winston Churchill said in 1924 in a speech to the Architectural…
The rise of Christian cinema
Robert Jackman on the rise of Christian cinema
Can everyone please shut up about Maria Callas?
Rupert Christiansen on the cult of Callas
No one should trust the camera in the age of AI
Bryan Appleyard on photographic manipulation, past and present
How the Georgians invented nightlife
Dan Hitchens on the Georgian obsession with lavish light shows and nocturnal adventures
