The ascent of Barbara Pym
A chronicler of the overlooked, she has at last got her just literary deserts
They call it Poppy love
Poppy is, simply, a dog who knows what she wants
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
The US city on the banks of the Thames
Critics don’t care for Canary Wharf, considering it a monument of 1980s corporatism
The horror of 7 October on film
The killers’ headset footage, CCTV, interviews with survivors and heart-rending last messages
Murders for October
Tales from the gothic to the macabre
Reparate good times, come on!
The Critic’s Extremely Factual Guide to Slavery Reparations the UK Most Definitely Owes
The Royal British Legion’s day to forget
The “Pride poppy” demeans what should be a dignified occasion
Two cheers for pedestrianisation
Pedestrianisation cannot solve all of Oxford Street’s problems
War, peace and city streets
How English towns survived the Blitz and entered the modern world
How should we teach about the Holocaust?
Keir Starmer’s social engineering aims seem ill-conceived
Their generation
How young rockers became venerable sages
