15 MAY 2004, page 44

Absolutely Priceless

The utter uselessness of art is part of its beauty, says Martin Gayford A couple of weeks ago I attended a reception in the Banqueting House on Whitehall to mark the opening of......

Sole Searching

John Laughland T he sudden rush to the head, the sense of breaking a taboo, the delicious feeling of joyful surrender to temptation . . . you never forget your first time. Long......