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Free speech lives in Oxford
Ox, Stock and 150 shouting protestors
The abnormality of nannying
Why do we assume that lost freedoms are universal?
Silenced squires
Packham’s victory in court saw a very big stick wielded against a very small publication
Writing the world to rights (w/ Jo Bartosch)
Making a difference from your desk
A little less conversation
The UK is drowning in discourse
Let them eat cake
Our food security deserves more attention
Antisocial media
Welcome to the age of the TikTok thug and the home invasion influencer
The feud that made the modern age
A new book breathes new life into historical fiction
Stravinsky’s reputation is in freefall
Norman Lebrecht re-examines the life and legacy of Stravinsky.
Here come the new gender stereotypes, same as the old gender stereotypes
They aren’t subversive or ironic; they’re just silly
Most Read
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Migration musings
A new book on immigration is welcome in its honestly and openness
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
The ballad of Robbie and Harry
Sometimes, the struggle can become the art
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich
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
The regressive feminism of “angry young women”
Gen Z’s radical vanguard have built their worldview on unprogressive foundations
How procedure is enabling petty criminals
We should support workers who confront criminals
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay
Sport’s regime changes
Canadian snooker has gone the way of Hungarian table tennis
Paean to a green and pleasant land
The finest living example of that perennial English type, the countryman-writer
No Keirs, only dreams now
With the prime minister on his way out, even his own MPs have discovered a fondness for him