The time is right for fightin’ in the tweets
Trump’s response to Twitter – as to the riots – tells floating voters he is on their side
Democratic capitalism on holiday: the buffet
Is the sophisticated joy of the buffet coming to an end?
Corona Lockdown, Day 40: Fear & Loathing in New England
How the epidemic pulverized our neighbourhood’s neighbourly spirit
The Rise of the Dominics
Dominic Green on the prevalence of his own name
Culture Coaches
As The Critic enters into the podcasting business, Dominic Green surveys the world of motivational, self-affirming podcasts
Remembering George Steiner
Today Arendt is only read by academic cultists – Steiner by the public
The correct answer to the Brexit 50p grammar war
Dominic Green gives his tuppence on the Brexit 50p comma debate
The year the music died
It was 40 years ago today: the magnificent swansong of rock and roll
The myth of Abbey Road
Abbey Road is less a cornerstone of the Beatles’ legend than its tombstone
Britain must develop economic resilience
The Houthis have exposed our devastating economic insecurity
Teaching leftists about tax
Sometimes, an argument about economic policy is like an oil spill
Britain’s first postmodern election
What Galloway’s victory really tells us about Britain
Encouraging evil for the common good
Mansfield does not condemn him: rather refreshingly he exhilarates in Machiavelli’s genius
Postcards from before the war
It is no longer possible to reflect upon Israeli culture as if the “Question of Palestine” could be brushed aside
How to destroy football
“Blue cards” will only add to the confusion and subjective rulings we’re now seeing
Hot air strikes (again)
The Prime Minister was sending a message, but it hasn’t been received
Beethoven: Nine symphonies+ (Decca)
This Beethoven gift set is not for Christmas. It is for life
Crocodile Keir
For all of Sunak’s shoddy timing, Starmer’s opportunism was pathetic
W.S. Gilbert
A wildly funny and slyly subversive comic genius who deftly skewered the mores of Victorian England
Fire and ice
Klopp is the air-punching booming-laugh extrovert; Guardiola the turtleneck-wearing, obsessively professorial introvert
