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Techno, bombs, and babushkas
A month travelling across Ukraine
The dark underbelly of the sex industry
Advocacy for the idea of sex work has not been matched by advocacy for the exploited
Don’t exploit Gisèle Pelicot’s story
Her legal triumph should be the start and not the end of the reckoning
Green in name only
The Green Party doesn’t understand the realities of rural life
The year in military history
2024 has been a rewarding year for lovers of books and history
Stories worth telling
Untold Stories (Hyperion)
Biden’s legacy of escalation
His last decisions could determine the state of global politics
Let’s diversify the curriculum
If we really want diversity, we need to get more traditional
Explaining the Boriswave
How and why the Conservatives betrayed their voters on immigration
Academic freedom needs legal safeguards
Violations of academic freedom are endangering the progress of knowledge and the pursuit of truth
Most Read
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
The roots of hatred
Antisemitism, an ancient subject, has once again become a hot topic
We have to tame Big Tech
We must act to regulate social media before it does a lot more damage
Defending liberalism from its defenders
Liberalism should mean anything but a more interventionist state
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
Why a wealth tax would fail
Wealth taxes have been tested in various countries and have been abandoned for very good reasons
Britain will be worse without hereditary peers
The expulsion of the hereditaries is neither fair nor pragmatic
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
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale
These violent delights
Pagliacci made the murder the true apex of the show
Against the censorious right
Miriam Cates is wrong about free speech and anonymity
Will Spain become a Protestant country?
How immigration is changing the religious dynamics of a traditional Catholic stronghold