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The reality of unionism
Northern Ireland requires no reason to exist — it just exists
Simon Raven
A controversial writer who could produce work as splendid as it was scurrilous
Booty and the green-eyed beast
What plays out as limpid tragedy on the page becomes trouser-dropping farce
Only following procedure
The Prime Minister is in office. But what is he running?
Welcome to The Critic Show
Introducing our new podcast
Thank you Rob Reiner
Reiner’s films conveyed a moral, humanistic outlook on life
We must stop the puberty blocker trial
Experimenting on vulnerable children is unacceptable
Net Zero is incompatible with military preparedness
Strong societies, industries and economies win wars — but does Britain have them?
Starmer won’t fix the ECHR
Keir Starmer and David Lammy are committing themselves to incompatible ideas
Misguided mission to explain
How can James Payne teach us how to use our eyes when he shies away from stating visible truths?
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
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
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
One year later
Despite the Supreme Court ruling, the gender argument is not going anywhere
Questions for the Munich hawks
It is wrong to use Neville Chamberlain as a byword for cowardice and fecklessness
Wunderbar wines
The love affair between British and German wine is an ancient one
Sir David Attenborough at sea
RRS Sir David Attenborough is a ship worthy of the great man’s name
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
Farewell to a gentle jazz-lover
Scholarship trumps zealotry, particularly when it is veiled by modesty
Campaigners should let assisted suicide go
There is no principled case for using the Parliament Acts to squeeze through assisted suicide
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
What’s so illiberal about “illiberal democracy”?
Viktor Orbán has been a political pioneer in Europe