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Why the other parties should stand
Deflecting ourselves from our own traditions is exactly what terrorists want
Do the right thing
Shoots must be places of buzzing biodiversity
To the bitter end
Why on earth would we want to see the same tawdry old stories endlessly re-enacted?
Boris vs Johnson
One is a feel-good gung-ho funster, the other man has to actually run the place
Remembering Colin Powell
Powell’s real legacy was Barack Obama
Witch hunt
Last week Cambridge University Student Union published a guide to “Spotting TERFS in the Field”
Mire of conflicting duties
Acceptable speech turns into unjustified coercion as police stand by
Resurrect forgiveness
China’s surprising take on a celebrated parable reveals a growing global problem
Citizens of somewhere
Michael Henderson delves into two different radio programmes with identity at the centre
The House mirror
Sir David Amess showed MPs what they should be
Most Read
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
The excesses of intellectual illiberalism
Justified dissatisfaction with liberal modernity has curdled into something alarmist and authoritarian
Regulating the rogue degree factories
Do universities have the resources and the will to monitor what is happening in their name?
Reclaiming Christian nationhood
Linking the Christian faith to our national identity is not radical (or American)
What Pullman gets wrong about Narnia
Philip Pullman is more like C.S. Lewis than he might think
From triple lock to price caps
Opinium polling for The Critic reveals the totemic pension policy has entrenched a politics that demands control over growth
The dark side of the White House
As in ancient Rome, power politics are always a promising arena for drama
Trump will not discredit Europe’s populist right
European populism is a lot deeper than mere Trumpism
Are automated auctions on the way?
New technology has a double edge
The intractable problems pulling modern Britain apart
When does upholding free speech become an act of self-sabotage?
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
Beyond the binge
Let’s try subtlety