Walking the path of the stupidly rich
Serious Money tracks the excesses and indulgences of those with wealth to burn
The Critic Books Podcast: Portable Magic
Lucasta Miller discusses Emma Smith’s new book
I’m done with po-faced politicians
We have long since lost the spirit of 1983
Pärt, Poulenc, Stravinsky (BR Klassik)
This is a brilliant concert of three sacred works
The bacchanalia of Kawanabe Kyōsai
This exhibition at the Royal Academy revels in the artist’s versatility
The Caribbean in the twentieth century
Jeremy Black discusses how have the nations of the Caribbean have adapted to modern times
Dinner in the Bloodlands
Belarus Free Theatre brings moral complexity to the table
Bad Law Project?
The good, the bad, and the ugly of crowdfunding legal cases
Zut alors! Ten Per Cent is no Call My Agent
The remake of the French original is rather merde
What would Boris do if he had to resign?
A discussion of life after premiership
Britain’s constitutional knowledge crisis
Rory Stewart’s ignorance smells of Remainer entitlement
A real nice clambake
The American classic is fine street-party fare
The power of flags
Even in a material age, symbols matter
Confusing populism with tyranny
Gideon Rachman fails to distinguish the strong from those who pretend to be
Britain has been betrayed
Our country’s fortunes aren’t falling — they were pushed
If it’s broken, fix it
The NI Protocol has not worked, and the EU has done nothing to live up to its commitment to it being temporary
In praise of women’s football
Don’t let the FA score an own goal by letting transwomen into women’s sports
The solipsistic siren
The sexual liberation and unrequited search of Nancy Cunard emblematises 1920s Paris
Beyond a joke
Boris was fun once, but nobody’s laughing anymore
It’s grim down South
Rakib’s Britain: Never mind the Red Wall, let’s talk about the East-West divide and a forgotten England
Free trade ain’t free
Who’s afraid of protectionism?