A museum volunteer accidentally destroyed an art piece after mistaking it for a dirty mirror and cleaning it The work, by Chen Sung-chi, is said to symbolize the "distorted self-awareness of the middle class"

Decolonizing the countryside! ✊🏻

In 1800, most Western cities had very little public infrastructure apart from narrow streets and churches. By 1914, they had vast networks of boulevards, squares, railways and parks. This generous endowment of public space was crucial to their success. Cities in emerging

Here’s all you need to know about Emily Wilson and why her translation of the Odyssey sucks.

When Alexander the Great discovered a city between Afghanistan and Pakistan founded by the wine god Dionysus, he tore off his clothes and led a Bacchic revel. Or so the Greek historians tell us... Step into this remarkable tale of cultural complexity. antigonejournal.com/2021/03/greeks…

Brexit reduced UK GDP by 6-8%...investment was reduced by 12-18%, employment by 3-4% and productivity by 3-4%....a combination of elevated uncertainty, reduced demand, diverted management time, and increased misallocation of resources... nber.org/papers/w34459

Thinking ahead to the Xmas break. Which historic property will @annetterubery and I drive 2 hours to visit this year, unaware that it's been turned into a Family Festive Experience and all the Adams plasterwork is invisible behind fibreglass Nutrackers and Elf-themed Labubus?

I was lucky to see this in Paris this week and it's a masterpiece. Cheap at the price.

It genuinely has never been cheaper to surround yourself with nice, old, well-made things

When you're stressed at work but realise who you're doing it FOR!

“voracious reader but otherwise remarkably undereducated”

People invest themselves in arguing about the craziest stuff on here. Is it unethical to have AI write your PhD thesis? Obviously. Is Virginia Woolf a good author? Obviously. Is that 650 word college essay bad? Obviously. No further comment.

Tom Stoppard's plays were actually written by the Earl of Oxford and Asquith

It's funny because the new OUP logo is rage bait.

Distinctive pinched, gaunt faces on the fabulous Netherlandish triptych Sotheby's - famine trauma? Amazing survival from English reformation. Really hope we can keep this one in a British public collection.

The Sherborne Triptych is a luminous treasure and a testament to the deep legacy of philanthropy charitable giving in England. So what a bitter irony it would be if modern Britain can't find the money to save it for the nation. My latest for the The Telegraph telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12/0…

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This is low even for the Daily Mail. SEO rules everything.