Mark Piggott
Mark Piggott is an author and journalist.
No, THIS is hardcore: UK82 remembered 40 years on
What happened to the early eighties world of doc martins and Mohawks?
The longest night of my life
Researchers should re-think prescribing magic mushrooms for depression
Violence doesn’t pay
Despite its seductive qualities, violent protest rarely ends well
Turning the tables on coercion?
Lord Walney’s report on political extremism is valuable if flawed
The EU is overregulating AI
Caution and control are being overemphasised above economic and technological opportunity
The scourge of EDI
It is patronising, divisive and anti-meritocratic
Well-behaved Beethoven
Beethoven: Triple concerto and British folksongs (Decca)
Murders for May
Killings in the new Japan, family feuds in India and the novel menace of AI
No dog in this fight
A Labour government will bring fresh disasters to replace the old Tory ones, but the Critic will continue its policy of honest criticism
Are you there God? It’s me, Farage
Nigel Farage bares his soul, but not before he buries his enemies
Messing with the master’s work
Beethoven: Emperor Concerto; Brett Dean: A Winter’s Journey (Orchid)
Keir Starmer cannot ignore us
The gender debate is not going to disappear
If you come at the king…
Trump’s response to being shot has affirmed his status as a Great Man of History
Poland’s border crisis belongs to the rest of Europe too
A soldier’s tragic death has exacerbated tensions on the border with Belarus