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The Critic Books Podcast: 100 years of Ulysses
What has changed since Joyce’s novel was first published?
Nothing ventured
Why the statue-smashers can’t tolerate civil society
For decency’s sake, let’s quit Strasbourg
The European Convention of Human Rights is now misinterpreted, misapplied and debases the currency of humanism
Mike Lear: Lubricious lensman
If Mike is in any way conspicuous, it is by virtue of his sheer inconspicuousness
Mystery of the missing bronze
A new excavation to find the third Riace statue is planned
Beyond Blunderdome
Minister, this is switch, can you lie?
Don’t let the bookies’ cry for freedom fool you
Desperate to win Conservative hearts and minds, the gambling industry is pulling the cheapest trick in the book
The trouble with tradition
On the foetid fantasies of the fogeys
Blood and guts in high school
“Euphoria” is the nightmare the older generation saw coming
We live in a rape culture
The feminist fix: Root out the rapists who claim innocence