Men of the cloth
Resurrecting the lost art of the painter-stainers
Love, work and whimsy
MacDonald Gill’s poster for the Empire Marketing Board helped promote a nation at the height of its powers
The Critic’s Perpetual Drinking Calendar
Full of events and individuals worthy of toasting for every day of the year
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Institutional feminism against women
The likes of Julia Gillard and Jess Phillips have enabled misogyny
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works
The malicious and the mad
Two recent productions offer two different perspectives on dark sides of masculinity
The joys of village cricket
Cricket embodies much of what is valuable about our culture
Sometimes look on the bright side of life
We should welcome the more culturally affirmative moments of pessimistic and condemnatory commentators
Critical briefing: Unite the Kingdom
What you need to know about the Unite the Kingdom march on May 16
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
Bring back literary vendettas
Grub Street thrived when
there was an “establishment”,
movements and feuds
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy