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A crisp House white
Christopher Pincher on the wine of Westminster
Celebrating Rosh Hashanah in lockdown
The coronavirus pandemic continues to disrupt the traditions of Jewish festivals
The lost world of Rugby League
A new book celebrates 125 years of rugby league but shines a light on a world that the sport has left behind
Black’s History Week
The Critic’s new weekly podcast series, with Professor Jeremy Black
The Ruling Passion
Should former prime ministers gently fade away?
The myth behind BLM’s ‘peaceful protests’
How the media peddles data that under-represents BLM violence
Africa’s Covid-19 response has humbled the Western world
Why is it that Africa has seemingly dealt with the coronavirus pandemic better than the rest of the world?
A little too mature
In Brideshead, the overriding feeling is that surely the punchline is to come. It never does
Swap till you drop
Thomas Woodham-Smith enjoys a great trade tradition
Creative ambiguity in a hall of mirrors
Are the mixed messages of the Internal Market Bill accident or design?
In defence of the incredulous stare
To argue is to indulge in a practice, with all that this entails
Doing shots
You can tell a lot about someone from their favourite Henry wife
Keir’s junk politics
Keir Starmer is trying to reform the public, not the NHS
Oxford elects
Meet the denizens of Oxford’s disenchanted garden currently competing for the university’s top sinecure
Corporations can become communities
Canary Wharf’s 8 Canada Square should be humanised
War returns to Kursk
Could the famous WW2 era battlefield be yet another military turning point?
Earworms — some Profane, mostly Sacred
Hymns can be as catchy as popular music
Free speech is fascist
Words must be controlled to ensure that Starmer’s subjects behave themselves
Hush, nepo baby
Such colourful champions of free speech should be treasured rather than ridiculed
Get smartphones out of school
Young people desperately need a break from social media
Unionism has to wise up
In Northern Ireland, inaction is decline
