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The online life that steals your soul
Read this book and then stamp on your phone
The slow vibe shift
Escaping our “post-cultural state” will not happen overnight
Get into the groove — why vinyl rocks
On the best sound in popular music
Farewell to an intellectual giant
Patrick Nash pays tribute to the late
David Abulafia, fastidious champion of
Oxbridge’s academic standards
Peston’s Inbox
Kemi doesn’t give her kids Easter eggs
The next chapter for The Critic
A request — and an opportunity!
A crippling consensus
Labour, the Greens and the Lib Dems are singing from the same destructive hymn sheet
Is this the end of art?
Cultural renewal cannot simply chase demand
Fell for it again
Britain’s pro-development enthusiasts mistook fantasy politics for the real thing — and are now paying the price.
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill is a masterclass in self-defeat
Labour’s tobacco crackdown will fuel crime, hurt retailers, and push smokers towards worse habits
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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
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
Excessive producer responsibility
Virtue-signalling policies are picking the pockets of consumers
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history
Will Spain become a Protestant country?
How immigration is changing the religious dynamics of a traditional Catholic stronghold
Don’t panic about “Angry Young Women”
Despite everything, most people are still fairly normal
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe
Saved from the flames
We should feel fortunate indeed to have the Aeneid
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.
Undramatic life of a literary also-ran
Malcolm Cowley never understood very much about literature