His oeuvre falls into two distinct halves: one as a rather good conservative art historian, the other as a not very good contemporary cultural critic.

The writer as artist, intellectual, proto-modernist, cultural critic 240pp.

He was also a political and cultural critic.

When it comes to sitcoms, we are a nation of cultural critics, technical advisers, script consultants and casting directors.

Cultural critics also downplay the distinction between high and low culture and often focus predominantly on the productions of popular culture.