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Why vaccines are deeply racist
Already, the virus has been renamed “Covid-19” in a flagrant attempt at dehumanisation
A puritan but not a fanatic
Simon Heffer reviews Providence Lost: The Rise and Fall of Cromwell’s Protectorate by Paul Lay
Sunak’s folly
The Chancellor’s rash splurge on infrastructure is a worrying sign that Britain’s economic policy is heading in the wrong direction
The poet and the patrician
Stephen Parkinson reviews The Fire is Upon Us: James Baldwin, William F Buckley Jr, and the debate over race in America, by Nicholas Buccola
War-war not jaw-jaw
Robert Hutton reviews Our Man in New York by Henry Hemming
Supremely impartial
Far from being enemies of the people, our judges have a fine record in ignoring political considerations when making their rulings
Why populism is popular
Richard Reinsch reviews The New Class War By Michael Lind
The Steiner of nether edge
Michael Henderson reviews A Small Revolution in Germany by Philip Hensher and Here We Are by Graham Swift
Know your Catalan onions
Gerald Frost reviews Nourishing the Nation: Food as National Identity by Venetia Johannes
Would the Bard be forced to rebrand himself “gender-fluid”?
Romeo Coates on the latest backstage gossip
For realism, against Scottish nationalism
Progress depends on rejecting the delusions of independence
The meaning of depoliticisation
How the establishment made political questions unanswerable
Blogosphere bubble
Reviving a simple English classic: bubble and squeak
Party in the U.S.S.R.
Shortages, queues and giant slogan-laden banners were the order of the day as the party faithful gathered
Is Cheltenham beyond parody?
A books bash these days has to offer Geri and Geoff Hurst and that bloke out of Radiohead
The Critic guide to glass ceilings
On the self-made men (and women!) of the Labour Party
Sectarianism contra socialism
How did “left-wing” MPs end up voting for the VAT exemption for private schools?
London and the laggards
In the eighteenth century London was booming, but many towns weren’t doing so well
Splashing the cash
On the complex relationship between art and money
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
Living the good life
The rising middle classes were decisive in shaping the late 19th century English town
