Setting ourselves on fire
Multiculturalism has created fractured communities where nobody cares
How short is an arm in the arts?
ACE’s politicisation goes back all the way to the Blair government
Planning for success
Even with its huge majority, Labour has a finite amount of political capital. It should spend a great deal of it on planning reform
Double Double
A man motivated by the pinnacle or nothing at all
British broadcasting capitulation
Editorial standards have been thrown out, and anti-white discrimination embraced at the BBC
Equality for some
Labour’s is continuing a misguided approach to DEI
School’s out forever
British universities are in an unsustainable state of overexpansion, and taxpayers can’t be expected to keep footing the bill
Gambling with the numbers
A new survey of problem gamblers has serious problems of its own
Is Britain’s future still being determined in Europe?
The European Court of Human Rights continues to shape policy here in the UK
Irreversible damage
Trans “healthcare” has been utterly discredited, but activists are undeterred by the evidence
Bad education
Under Labour a deeply ideological education sector could go very quickly and badly wrong
Reformed towns
The Reformation was a transformative moment in English urban history
Newspeak
Language, landscapes and level crossings — is there nothing we can’t diversify, if we only dare to try?
Revive the roots
To save the Conservative Party, its chairman must return powers to the local associations
Say it ain’t so, Joe
How democratic is a shadowy cabal conspiring to hide the fact that Biden is too frail to govern?
Riffs or rigour?
Arts practice has gained the upper hand over scholarship
We must punish the parents
How should France tackle the problem of repeat juvenile offenders?
Ringo Starr
The man cruelly mocked as “not even the best drummer in The Beatles” must be the most underrated musician of all time
Whistler in black and white
A video artwork that aims to critique Rex Whistler’s controversial mural in Tate Britain lacks context and nuance
Hurray for the Murrays
It is easy to forget how mediocre British tennis was before the Murrays
No dog in this fight
A Labour government will bring fresh disasters to replace the old Tory ones, but the Critic will continue its policy of honest criticism
Who to free — killers or rapists?
The police, the prisons and the courts are all dysfunctional, thanks to the Conservatives
Is Scottish independence really dead?
Labour’s “more devolution” policy will only strengthen the cause in the long term
Confessions of a left-wing Pope
Life: My Story Through History by Pope Francis with Fabio Marchese Ragona
Killing with kindness
Cull of the Wild: Killing in the Name of Conservation. By Hugh Warwick
A commanding life
Iron Imperator: Roman Grand Strategy Under Tiberius. By Iskander Rehman
Without a twist
This weather-based thriller is all hot air, but who doesn’t enjoy a warm summer breeze?
A full Platée
A daring production of a daring work
The exec on an unfiltered journey
It seems dangerously liable to foster neuroticism and credulity
A neglected radical
Guillaume Guillon-Lethière was an artistic and social pioneer
Declining nude
A life drawing class gets rather too real
En rama drama
Spanish wine helps one escape the misery and damp of Britain
Itchen for fishing
Good fishing, books and beer remind us that not everything is awful
Racing’s shame
British racing should have nothing to do with Sheikh Mohammed
