A strident legacy
In the decade since his death, Christopher Hitchens’s weaknesses have become our own
New development will ruin the National Theatre
Make Architects’ disastrous plans risk destroying the character of the South Bank
The false euphoria of dysphoria
Pink News presents breast removal as “pure trans joy” in a new video
The Critic Books Podcast: Stewkey Blues
DJ Taylor’s new collection of short stories
Caution is killing compassion
If we go looking for problematic speech, we’ll probably find it
Bombastic lecture on the evil empire
From the suppression of colonial documents, Caroline Elkins spins a tale of violence
Poland was and is right about Russia
Opposing Putin isn’t hawkish, just realistic
The fall of Port Stanley
Letters from the Falklands front: no April fool
A chronic case of mask fever
Masking in medical contexts represents the triumph of culture over science
De-Goulding: an incomplete coda
Part two of Mahan Esfahani’s deconstruction of the modern association of pianist Glenn Gould with Bach’s Goldberg Variations
What drove the colonisation of the Caribbean?
Professor Jeremy Black discusses Caribbean society pre-Columbus
Bring on the big beasts
Music needs heavyweight champions to stand up for truth and excellence