David Butterfield
David Butterfield is literary editor of The Critic
How to deface a national treasure
Once lauded as one of the most charming historic cities in England, Cambridge is being ruined by architectural monstrosities and ill-thought-out traffic schemes
A tale of two Glastos
With ho-hum bands, faux-eco fans and sky-high prices, Glastonbury Festival has strayed far from its countercultural roots
Eurovision Highs and Eurovision Woes
It’s all good fun, and remember folks — it’s DEFINITELY not political
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Night of the big bins
How Count Binface changed the face of Britain forever
Running down the clock
Does Keir Starmer have any plans for his final weeks in Downing Street?
Is our law praiseworthy?
In connection with civil liberties, British law is at its lowest ebb
Conservatives should learn from Labour
We might disagree with the ideas of Labour politicians, but we can learn from their methods
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh
Good enough for politics
We should be more willing to declare some political problems solved
Institutional feminism against women
The likes of Julia Gillard and Jess Phillips have enabled misogyny
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
What difference does he make?
Andy Burnham is not the answer to our woes because Burnhamism is not replicable
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
These green and printed lands
How William Caxton developed Englishness, and how his Englishness is breaking down
