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Yes, beauty matters. Now what?
How do we address our current artistic crisis and the wearying stalemate of the “culture wars”?
“It’s official”
The British have become a nation of mental serfs
Multiculturalism contra justice
Something new is coming down the “far-right conspiracy theory” to government policy pipeline
The harms of halal slaughter
We should not accept animal cruelty in the name of religious toleration
How I was hounded out of publishing
A culture of groupthink and ostracisation must be challenged
How I became an art collector
An unlikely passion
A memorial fit for a Queen
If something is built in memory of Queen Elizabeth, it must be superlative
Britain must lower the cost of crime
The lawful majority are suffering from the effects of the criminal minority
Prayer and Pikachu in London
A Catholic conference exposed divisions in the Church
Political diaries of a Chief Wet
Perhaps being a Conservative MP should be reserved for conservatives?
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
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform
Among the true believers
Belgium’s cycling culture is unique, and increasingly under threat
What the reparations debate says about Britain
Social and ideological shifts mean that we face an increasingly divided future
The next chapter for The Critic
A request — and an opportunity!
The problem with Palantir
The software company is attempting to redefine politics for the worse
New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation
Marketing masters
Catching the eye of a buyer in the social media era
Regulations without services
How the state is prohibiting without providing
The EU is changing on immigration
A firmer stance is being taken — but will it be enough?
Hard rain in Spain
Domestic scandal has rocketed back to the forefront of Spanish politics
What has Labour learned?
Pinning the failures of the government on Keir Starmer alone will not work