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The ugly truth
Genuine art needs more material support
Orwell, Camus and truth
On honesty as an attitude
The roots of school rage
The closure of grammar schools entrenched privilege
Walled garden wines
Exploring a 2,000-bottle-a-year vineyard
Sorry, Suella, we do have blasphemy laws
It would be naive to think freedom of speech is safe
Murders for March
A sinister start to the spring
(Some) Writers Wanted
The drive for diversity can lead to discrimination
Pains and pleasures of anticipation
The best sort of debut isn’t actually the author’s first book
Empire by way of Europe
A new book places the quest to keep Algeria French squarely at the centre of European integration
A camp icon
The paradoxes of Trump’s truth-telling
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
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
How the Civil Service was the ruin of Keir Starmer
A weak and indecisive prime minister delegated too much to Whitehall
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
The SNP is in a Peter Murrell muddle
The Peter Murrell case has exposed the rot at the heart of the SNP’s political culture
Come together
Some political truths on which we can all agree
Fair vs free elections
The grey zone between interference and counter-interference is becoming Europe’s new political frontier
What difference does he make?
Andy Burnham is not the answer to our woes because Burnhamism is not replicable
The ephemeral Farage
Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished
The next chapter for The Critic
A request — and an opportunity!
When all you have is a Hermer
Why Lord Hermer is a strange fit as Attorney General
Warm home, wrong decision
Ministers are once again choosing the most politically convenient response to rising energy costs, not the most effective one
Vote Green to end antisemitism
Critics have been trying to twist their leaders’ words to resemble what they actually said
Conservatives should learn from Labour
We might disagree with the ideas of Labour politicians, but we can learn from their methods