The veneration of Saint Jacinda
Ardern’s career is a foretaste of a quieter and less frightening world in which workplace feminism has triumphed
The long arm of the Chekists
This book is an apt metaphor for the state of freedom of speech in modern Britain
Sincerely ducking the hard questions
Nick Cohen reveals how this book, along with hundreds of political writers like him, ducks the reality of working class life
The end of the road
Nick Cohen has adopted a new workout: wrestling with a novel
The talk of the track
Nick Cohen compiles a phrase book for neophyte runners
Through a glass, darkly
Nick Cohen on the ill-starred but seductive love affair between writers and alcohol
Justice warriors
Nick Cohen says pounding the streets brings its own rewards
Round up the ordinary subjects
A free society cannot remain free if it implements the social justice movement’s bizarre ideology of vilifying ordinary people
The sin of pride
Nick Cohen blames testosterone for his latest sports injury
Glorious mud
Nick Cohen is badly bitten by the cross-country bug
Barricading the bully pulpit
The Online Harms Bill promises safety for children but protects the very elites who corrupt and harm the young
Final frontiers
Adam LeBor on two TV series that are set in border regions, that feature engaging female characters and that are beautifully filmed
Gandhi: what xe would have done
Seek out dissenting transphobes and punish them without mercy
Studio: Piranesi
Alasdair Palmer visits an exhibition at the Fondazione Marco Besso, Rome
Marion Millar’s case discontinued
But for gender heretics, the punishment is the process
It’s time to resurrect forgiveness
The Critic Narrated: Episode Two, with Revd. Marcus Walker, Hannah Betts and Patrick Galbraith
My interiors life: weaned on the small screen
My formative years and future
tastes in all things were formed by
1950s and 1960s television,
A strident legacy
In the decade since his death, Christopher Hitchens’s weaknesses have become our own
The other Elizabeth Taylor
Discover “one of the finest novelists of her and our time.”
Emily D’angelo: A n ar gei a (DG)
This debut album is a treat for the senses and a tonic for tired tastes
Personal growth
Green fingers are not always innate, they can be acquired