Murder on the Dancefloor?
Government plans to send undercover police into nightclubs are absurd and destructive
Over the top with Boris
The prime minister is trying to portray the Covid pandemic as a war. It isn’t one
The Silicon Valley English Dictionary
Twitter’s engineers agree that prejudice is hard-coded in our language
Sex and violence: Titian’s Metamorphoses
The National Gallery are reopening their headline 2020 exhibition on 8th July
Donald Trump and the age of sovereign internationalism
We are entering a new age of great power competition
Bursary school
Refuse to play the poverty card
Must-Miss TV
Your regular Critic round-up of the hottest shows and films.
Into the setting sun…
Next summer, head west to Pembrokeshire
Resist Labour’s managerial revolution
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are grimly committed to expanding the state and entrenching bureaucracy
The expensive problem with the minimum wage
Higher wages for some, perhaps, but joblessness for others
Death by a thousand cuts
The near-invisibility of the Proms on BBC TV is a symptom of the collapse of public service broadcasting in Britain
A book about nothing
A new collection from Adrian Chiles is certainly curious
The dangerous fallacy of “self-deterrence”
The concept makes little sense and could create serious risks
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
The city and its uncertain plot
Despite fascinating thematic material to work with, Murakami still makes it ploddingly dull
