The elephant in the classroom
Imagining itself to be impartial, the “neutral” RE curriculum imposes its own claim
House of fun
The Cosmic House breaks through the orthodoxies of modernism with its game-playing, colour and ornament
Hate is not a crime
Officers’ good intentions have been weaponised by unscrupulous whingers to muzzle their ideological opponents
Dilyn goes to Glasgow COP26
The Critic Narrated: Episode Three, with Robert Hutton, Josephine Bartosch and Robert Thicknesse
French Fancies
Is the Navy really open to all?
Glaring omissions of a whistle-stop tour
Carey is the tour guide of a magnificent villa telling of the wonders that lie beyond a closed door
Move over Nigella, Nigel and Nadiya
The cookbook of the year was written by an elderly rogue and self-published
Bezos’s sub-prime delivery
One is a billionaire with visions of conquering space — the other is Hugo Drax
Rumours of a crime
Louis-Ferdinand Céline was a flawed man, but he should be allowed to be condemned by his words
Woke: the oldest profession
The modern hegemony of the “liberal professions” has become one of the principal challenges to liberal democracy
What’s the point of political art?
Art that shocks, offends, and amuses has a purpose beyond aesthetic: its existence is a testament to freedom of expression
Colour conundrum
A lasting love-affair with Chartreuse