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Is Brexit a Christmas movie?
Rob Hutton watches telly so you don’t have to
The catalogues of Christmas past
The great London department store Gamages was the British Amazon of its day
Locked out of the office?
What we’re getting wrong about the daily grind
The myth of the Victorian Christmas
Our values today are of consumerism and instant gratification, inherited from our Victorian forebears
Racist to the bone
There’s a revolving door between woke academia and woker UK Plc
Imaginary country
The land of Morbia was revealed to me in a dream
Ghosts at the feast
Christmas ghost stories are meditations on darkness at the darkest point of the year
The story of the people, by the people
What is History, Now? offers a passionate defence of the pluralism of historical study
The Critic Books Podcast: The Barn
The Barn is a history of the lives, landscapes, and lost ways of an old Yorkshire farm building
The Revolution in the stable
We abandon the incarnation at our peril
Parable of the talent
Was there ever a more dispiriting line-up of Scrooges than those offered to festive audiences in 2024?
The dangerous fallacy of “self-deterrence”
The concept makes little sense and could create serious risks
Over the line
No one should discipline children for asking honest questions or telling the truth
Just the tonic
Rediscover the forgotten treasure of Australia: fortified wines
The coming of age
On the anxieties and ambiguities of adulthood
The dismal state of British defence
The UK’s defence strategy is a combination of hope and vibes
Vorsprung durch Technik R.I.P.
The vaunted German model really is kaput — bust
St. Vincent
The acclaim is excessive but the talent undeniable
Poor conduct
Shostakovich: Symphonies 4-6 (Decca)
On the King’s Road to ruin
The decline of commerce on Chelsea’s celebrated street is a worrying sign for London
Why does the establishment want to harm farms?
The Government expects farmers to act as environmental agents of the state
