Breathtaking… and empty
The formidably long run-time of Dune leaves viewers with little world-building and a lack of colour
The curse of the tiny fridge
A tale of the overheated housing market and its secondary effects on life in the capital
Clubbing after Covid
The meek may inherit the Earth, but not yet
Putting muscle behind the Union
A new breed of “muscular unionists” is seeking to reverse the damage done by devolution
Oblige sans noblesse
Our future King is doing more practical good on the housing crisis than the Government
Crime without punishment
It should not be difficult to distinguish between political protest and disrupting national life
Just add water
The Hampstead Heath ponds offer a recipe for the perfect summer afternoon
Who wants to rule forever?
Being in power a long time doesn’t guarantee you’ll get things done
We’re us, not the US
Other than US media wages, why do BBC journalists want Britain to be America?
Pet Mischief
In a serious country serious people would resign over Pen’s pets
Broken news
Binding stations to strict impartiality regulations deprives people of watching partisan news programmes even if they want to
Why are Dublin and Brussels killing off the peace process?
The Northern Ireland Protocol is the Belfast Agreement’s gravest threat
The Battle of Britain was not won by the Few
We credit pluck for what we really owe to imperial and industrial might
Bullied
The persecution of Kathleen Stock is not about free speech
It’s time to resurrect forgiveness
The Critic Narrated: Episode Two, with Revd. Marcus Walker, Hannah Betts and Patrick Galbraith
Classical architecture’s counter-attack
Reed’s great book exposes the ugliness and illiteracy of Modernism
An exercise in talking shop
Banning “conversion therapy” is not as simple as it seems
Wolf in plod’s clothing
Why “Non Crime Hate Incidents” don’t seem to apply to the cops
Boris must act on immigration
It is the issue that most concerns his supporters
Watch what you say
Scotland’s blasphemy law means it’s just as well The Queen didn’t attend COP26
Chips, with everything
Mr Heffer has produced a monumental second volume on Henry ‘Chips’ Channon to match his first