The BLM takeover of Whitehall
Why don’t ministers care about the politics of their civil servants?
Spare the rod
Spoiled beaks and free thought at Eton
Wise counsel
View from Oxford: Robert Beddard speaks from retirement
Catnip for culture lovers
Contrasting works from a veteran master of invention and two newer faces who blur fact and fiction
All the news fit to post, two weeks early
It’s Christmas come early for Critic readers
How many unionist parties does it take to fix the SNP?
With Reform UK and Alliance for Unity, five pro-union parties are lining-up to fight the SNP – and each other.
Britain’s Nazi collaborators
If Hitler’s planned invasion of Britain had succeeded he would have found accomplices as fanatical as those in Europe
Homes fit for a post-Covid world
Tim Abrahams asks whether the crisis will prompt builders to create the type of houses we need
The rise and fall of Johnny Depp
Now that Depp has lost his libel case, it is now widely believed that his career is all but over
Covid-19 orthodoxy and awkward looks
While questioning orthodoxies often has great value, it can also present dangers
Knights to remember
This must not be read within 2 metres of another sketch, unless you are in a bubble with John Crace