Olivia Hartley
Olivia Hartley is Publisher of The Critic
Confessions of a bar owner
The Government’s 10pm curfew runs the risk of decimating small, family-run establishments
10 years of Downton Abbey
What insights can period dramas give us into the past?
#IWentToStateSchool. So what?
The middle-class appropriation of a well-intentioned campaign
It’s grim down South
Rakib’s Britain: Never mind the Red Wall, let’s talk about the East-West divide and a forgotten England
Dedication’s what you need
Down with the gratitude-bloat of authors’ endless lists of acknowledgements
France’s unspoken, unfinished civil war
France’s cycle of social unrest and politically polarised elections has its roots in the Algerian conflict and the ensuing unresolved struggle for the soul of the nation
Wagner rides again
A return to enchanted tradition in Siegfried at Longborough Festival Opera
British piano concertos (Lyrita); British music for strings #3 (CPO)
A prawn cocktail of exceptionally competent music to enjoy on Easter Sunday
The myth of the latest thing
Can Northern Irish politics evolve beyond nationalism and republicanism?
Stop monstering Hungary
Our brave author put his head in the mouth of the Hungarian dragon
Good God, I can’t publish this…
The ancient art of the literary rejection
Britain, 2049
You’ll own nothing, and you won’t be particularly happy about it