John Maier
John Maier is a writer living in London. In 2019, he was named BBC Student Critic of the Year
Slow death of the know-it-all
Peter Burke’s new book helpfully provokes the reader to think about the proper place of a broad education in an age unfriendly to polymathy
Crossroads of history
Cyprus is an island of contradictions, and the more we learn about it, the more paradoxical it becomes
The student politics of Clive Lewis
All he sees are good guys and bad guys
Take a bow
This season’s must-have neckwear is a sartorial two-fingered salute to life
The costs of assisted suicide
The trade-offs are real and extremely serious
A dark day for Australian women
It takes more than a document to prove that you are female
Neither beautiful, nor true
The new Fourth Plinth commission creates moral and artistic confusion
A Royal good time
Racing brings the country together in a convulsion of delirious democracy
A leadership bid you can’t refuse
Kemi Badenoch goes on a charm offensive
The Critic
No they haven’t put the mag on the silver screen just yet, but its still worth watching