Archives
Party pieces
Thomas Woodham-Smith sees out the antique year
Modus shoperandi
Hannah Betts says it’s the shopping you’re buying, not the outfit
Spare the spoons
Claudia Savage-Gore hates the school holidays with three children underfoot
Stag do
Patrick Galbraith takes a shot at deer stalking
Pumping irony
Nick Cohen says you don’t need to join a gym to get fit
Irregular and unequal
Is inequality really a disease? The chairman of the British Medical Association thinks so…
The Critic’s Perpetual Drinking Calendar
Full of events and individuals worthy of toasting for every day of the year
The myth of the red wall
The red wall was a patronising generalisation about a huge swathe of the country
The future of One Nation Conservatism
The older generation has jumped ship – just as liberal Conservatism’s moment has come
Omnia Mutantur, Nihil Interit
A classicist in No 10: Boris and his worldview
Most Read
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
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
The Falklands tragedy
British weakness is endangering the Falklands
How EDI corrupts public life
It compels people to accept falsehoods in the name of equality
The Islamopopulist march continues
Overshadowed by the Reform and Green surges, the Muslim vote continues a long march through the corridors of power
Not exiles, but stayers
White South Africans are not abandoning their home
Wunderbar wines
The love affair between British and German wine is an ancient one
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Women who play along …
It’s only natural when you come across the aftermath of a collision to wonder who was to blame.
Contra Kemi
Is Kemi Badenoch a principled opponent of identity politics or an anti-woke opportunist?
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration