Sharing the great American dream
The Upswing by Robert Putnam, with Shaylyn Romney Garrett
Good luck…
David Goodhart wishes The Critic every success
Gentleman of Médoc
This wine is ready to drink but can readily be put down to hibernate for another half decade before being savoured by the Shepherd Market salonnières
Colour conundrum
A lasting love-affair with Chartreuse
Been there, read that
Can we leave old books alone?
William Brown turns one hundred
“I’ll thcream and thcream and thcream until I’m thick”
Throwing good money after bad
Spare us the spectacle of incredible claims to reform criminal drug-users by showering them with more public sector love
2022: What can we say?
Weaponised words can only decrease in value
A matter of judgement
One man’s observance of the spirit is another’s technical breach
The Austrian solution
Mandating vaccination by criminal sanction may sound draconian, but then again Austria has historic form for this sort of thing
The art of fast food
Empty shelves need not mean dreary eating
O blind new world
Behind modernity’s moralistic exhortations lies a cold-blooded mania for total control
Cruel to be kind
Validating everyone’s wishes leaves us prone to outbreaks of self-indulgence