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WHAT ARE UNIVERSITIES FOR?

The battle for British universities is not yet lost

Features
James Orr


BRUSSELS, CAPITAL CITY OF SURREALISM

In Brussels, Surrealism lurks in the most unexpected places

On Art
William Cook


WHISPERINGS OF THE CRUEL SEA

Britten: Concertos (Orfeo)

Lebrecht's Album of the Week
Norman Lebrecht


THE BOY WHO NEVER GREW OLD

Eric Ravilious’s ethereal watercolours chime with today’s sensibilities

Features
Barendina Smedley


ARTILLERY ROW


IN THE NAME OF GOD, LEAD

The Prime Minister appears terrified of making a stand against racism in his own
party

Artillery Row
Robert Hutton


MURDERS FOR MARCH

Sharp lines, twisting plots and colourful characters

Artillery Row
Jeremy Black


BRITAIN’S FIRST POSTMODERN ELECTION

What Galloway’s victory really tells us about Britain

Artillery Row
Sebastian Milbank


SCARY CUTE

CUTE, a new exhibition at Somerset House is a deliciously unsettling stroll down
the uncanny valley

Artillery Row
Ella Nixon


GROSSLY OFFENSIVE CENSORSHIP

A new ruling offers hope for an end to preposterous rulings over “malicious
communications”

Artillery Row
Freddie Attenborough


THE WORM (RE)TURNS

Dune: Part Two is in cinemas — and it’s more of the glorious same

Artillery Row
Robert Hutton


WE MUST ESCAPE SUBTOPIA

As Ian Nairn warned, British town planning has had a grim levelling effect on
our urban and rural spaces

Artillery Row
Xander West


LUTFUR RAHMAN AND THE FUTURE OF LOCALISM

A new and dangerous kind of local politics is emerging in Britain

Artillery Row
Sam Bidwell


THE DEATH OF CHARITY?

The decline of religion and the fraying of our social fabric has made us meaner

Artillery Row
Stephen Wigmore


FEATURES


IT’S TIME TO STOP THE ROT

Students denounced, lecturers cowed and managers with little interest in truth

Features
Edward Skidelsky


IT’S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE

It all goes wrong when arts departments start imitating research universities

Features
Michael Lind


HOW THE INTERNET KILLED THE SIMPSONS

Nicholas Clairmont has avidly viewed more than 750 episodes of the comedy about
the residents of Springfield — but won’t be watching any more

Features
Nicholas Clairmont


THE SPECTRE OF THE PAST

The “Great English Ghost Story” offers a form of comfort and is rooted in the
ache of nostalgia for a more elegant era

Features
J. S. Barnes


PROFILE: SALVADOR ALLENDE

Lionised by the Left, the Chilean president refused to moderate his Marxist aims
in the face of economic chaos

Features
Sebastian Milbank


PREACHING TO A DWINDLING CHOIR

Once the default denomination of tycoons and the WASP elite, America’s Episcopal
Church is struggling

Features
Andrea Valentino


COLUMNS


SHEIKH UP THE TELEGRAPH

We are fortunate that the UAE still wishes to invest in so unstable a country

Columns
Ned


NOVA’S DIARY: EVERYTHING’S DIFFERENT NOW

Rishi is helping our neighbour, Big Jeremy, with his sums

Columns
Robert Hutton


RESTORING SANITY TAKES TIME

So many people have built their professional lives around gender insanity

Columns
Helen Joyce


LESS WILL BE BETTER

More students have been worse. Some became dons — they have been worse too

Editorial
The Critic


BOOKS


PLAYING THE VICTIM

A new book satirises the bizarre dynamics of social justice activism

Books
Stephen G. Adubato


KILKENNY’S GOLDEN AGE

A fascinating exploration of Irish history could have been better and more
comprehensively illustrated

Books
James Stevens Curl


THE DISTINCTIVENESS OF HUMAN AGGRESSION

A review of The Goodness Paradox: The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and
Violence in Human Evolution by Richard Wrangham

Books
Rob Henderson


POSTCARDS FROM BEFORE THE WAR

It is no longer possible to reflect upon Israeli culture as if the “Question of
Palestine” could be brushed aside

Books
Samuel Rubinstein


THE CRITICS


HOW TO WIN AT CHOPIN

Giving marks to people playing Chopin is no different from deciding on medals in
gymnastics

On Music
Norman Lebrecht


MAD FOR THIS FRESH TAKE ON KING LEAR

Farber’s casting and concept feels assured

On Theatre
Anne McElvoy


GREAT LIVES — GREAT, THE ESSAY — AWFUL

Radio 3 maintains its course towards self-destruction

On Radio
Michael Henderson


THE EROTIC ART BOOK BANNED BY A POPE

A rich tale of great artists, pornography and the papacy has made I Modi one of
the most fabled of all books

On Art
Michael Prodger


TABLE TALK


IS A GUARANTEED SALE FAIR?

Auction house practices may be distorting the picture

Dealing
Rufus Bird


DEER PRUDENCE

It’s time for a change of attitude to wild British venison

Country Notes
Patrick Galbraith


SEXY SIMPLICITY

For February, try a palette cleanse

Fashion
Hannah Betts


UNOBTRUSIVELY SUPERLATIVE

A quietly brilliant Chelsea staple where the food practically tap dances off the
fork

Eating Out
Lisa Hilton
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