Ben Sixsmith

Ben Sixsmith is Online Editor of The Critic. He tweets @BDSixsmith

Farewell to 2023 — a year for losing hope

It clarifies far less than it leaves confused

Appointed for his youth, he has become symbolic of cultural gerontocracy

Does Suella have a plan to save the Conservatives?

Finding religion does not always mean being reformed, and secularisation does not always mean being enlightened

Human desires tend to be rooted in the human

Why we should care less about Britain’s international standing

We are in danger of making unhinged generalisations about unhinged generalisers