Christopher Fildes
Christopher Fildes is a veteran observer of the City of London, and writes on finance and public policy, past and present. He has twice received the Wincott Award, regarded as the senior award for financial journalism.
A bank, not a study group
Christopher Fildes delves into the latest instalment of the Bank’s long and voluminous history
Unusual eminent Victorian
Christopher Fildes reviews a new biography of Walter Bagehot
Labour are playing with fire on abortion
There is no case for decriminalising late-term abortion
Manifestos, multiculturalism and the British millet system
Competing communitarian manifestos provide a dark glimpse into Britain’s future
Do feminists speak for all women?
To speak on behalf of women is not to speak for or over them
Five rules for governing
Use your power, bring back politics, extend your wings, rebuild your base — and govern in poetry
Elon Musk versus the EU
A high-level dispute has major implications for online freedom
Can criminals be judges?
Freemasons, extremists, even members of the Garrick Club can be appointed to the bench
A short guide to voting in the general election
From Gorgeous George to the Newark Chainsaw Massacre, the Critic brings you a selectively exhaustive guide to the parties running in 2024
This was a bad start to the week
More work for the BBC pronunciation unit
It’s called X, not XXX
Elon Musk is wrong to open the door to porn on X
The EU is overregulating AI
Caution and control are being overemphasised above economic and technological opportunity