Oh dear, England
The fun of “Dear England” is dampened by therapy speak
Can the stage regain its soul?
Theatre is being turned into a parasitic secondary art form
The eye of the storm
Rachel Podger and Brecon Baroque, Vivaldi, The Four Seasons
The Sea! The Sea!
Southbank Sinfonia Baroque at St John’s Smith Square
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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
Don’t kowtow to cry-bullies
Why Kezia Dugdale can’t apologise enough
Is our law praiseworthy?
In connection with civil liberties, British law is at its lowest ebb
Vera, the doctor who defied Rasputin
A female surgeon in the chaos of Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union
What has Labour learned?
Pinning the failures of the government on Keir Starmer alone will not work
Banish the business bullshit
Vacuous business-speak is not merely irritating, it can lead to bad decisions and bad outcomes
Are automated auctions on the way?
New technology has a double edge
From triple lock to price caps
Opinium polling for The Critic reveals the totemic pension policy has entrenched a politics that demands control over growth
Why must everything move to Manchester?
Northern England is being framed in patronising reductionist terms
North Korea’s rogue state development
How Kim Jong Un is embracing the modern world
No Keirs, only dreams now
With the prime minister on his way out, even his own MPs have discovered a fondness for him
Labour’s Gagging Acts
Labour is taking inspiration from Pitt the Younger when it comes to curbing speech