Cleo Roberts
Dr Cleo Roberts specialises in South and Southeast Asian art. She is currently working on a book on Indian art.
Indira Gandhi: a gift from the gods?
How India’s first – and only – female prime minister exploited a Hindu goddess
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Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
The return of a luxury lingerie brand
La Perla isn’t about the male gaze; it’s about feminine feel
An artful chip
Any penalty is at heart a psychological battle between taker and keeper
Why people smuggling means profits
People smuggling is one of the few functioning markets left in the UK
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
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
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
The radical feminism—Christianity pipeline
For radical feminists, clarity about the realities of sex often opens onto a search for moral order
Britain needs the Med mindset
We have to adapt to the sweatier realities of a changing climate
