Prisoner of conscience
Ceri Black faces prosecution for tweeting that child rapists and their enablers should be stopped
The Critic Books Podcast: Stewkey Blues
DJ Taylor’s new collection of short stories
Lord of the Flies (but not the zippers)
Tribal warfare suits the chieftain of Tory island
Why are TRAs body-shaming J.K. Rowling?
In the discourse about “TERFs”, vicious misogyny is never far from the surface
Notes from a client kingdom
Britain is a sad sunless satrapy of the American empire
Being Boris
Johnson still expects Tory MPs to love him
Oldham report shames us all
Victims were failed at every level — could there be more cases to come?
Publish and be cancelled
Unreadable and insufferable woke academics are boycotting the publishers that grudgingly print their inane work
Making misogyny a hate crime misses the point
Women need better application of the law, not new legislation from posturing MPs
Zut alors! Ten Per Cent is no Call My Agent
The remake of the French original is rather merde
Why are republicans such “sour-faced Puritans”?
Opponents of the monarchy are also suspected of hating Christmas, puppies and the sound of children’s laughter
Soft power superpower?
It’s easy to mock, but British influence is real — and a potent tool for good