Good luck…
David Goodhart wishes The Critic every success
Bad television is good for democracy
This election has broken the aura and expectation accorded to TV debates
The gang master
Martin Scorcese’s new Mafia movie is the culmination of a great career
Big fat lies
The Fat Activism movement is risking lives by suppressing obesity research
The realignment election
Can the Tories win enough old Labour seats to compensate their losses elsewhere?
Christmas drinks
Fergus Butler-Gallie blesses that which unites church and pub
Freedom fighters
The radical East German playwright Heiner Müller and Michael Frayn have a lot in common