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Fiddling while Canterbury burns
The new proposals from the Archbishops’ Commission for Racial Justice are depressingly wrongheaded
Rime of the ancient Tory mariner
The lesson of the Conservative conference? Keep your kids away from politics
The mixed legacy of #MeToo
There is a difference between confronting male behaviour and recreational man-hating
The rise of suburbia
The English experiment in liminal living
A dark day for Australian women
It takes more than a document to prove that you are female
Dress code
How did Starmer not know how it would look? (The donation, not the clothes)
Labour’s economic policies are incoherent
Labour risks collapsing under the weight of its own inner economic contradictions
Twitter has always been toxic
Bluesky is a reminder of an earlier form of smug spitefulness
Must-Miss TV
Your regular Critic round-up of the hottest shows and films.
Public sector pay
Bumper pay rises for doctors and teachers are bound to result in higher inflation
Two cheers for Trump on free speech
The President-elect cannot just protect speech that he likes
