What’s new for the presidential debates?
The Critic’s political and US editors discuss the upcoming presidential debates
Whatever happened to the polymath?
Professor Jeremy Black talks to The Critic’s political editor, Graham Stewart, about the idea of the Renaissance Man
Can George Galloway keep Scotland British?
The Alliance 4 Unity is the wildcard in Scottish politics
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?
Why is Britain good at R&D but has so few major tech companies?
Mike Lynch offers his solutions – from ARM to post-Brexit regulation
China’s Long March
How should the UK and its allies treat the rise of China?
Frustrate their knavish tricks?
Is foreign interference in British politics any different now than in the past?
The politicisation of the police
British police officers are enforcing Stonewall’s wishlist
Is there a way back for Scottish Labour?
And does it start with sacking its leader, Richard Leonard? Graham Stewart asks John McTernan
Two cheers for pedestrianisation
Pedestrianisation cannot solve all of Oxford Street’s problems
What does it mean to be Christian?
We are in danger of reducing faith to the shallow depths of personality and politics
Turning shares into swords
The Church doesn’t invest in defence companies, but it prays you continue to do so
Terence Rattigan
The subtly subversive chronicler of Englishness still makes grown men cry
Fabian fry-up
After last night’s disco, a very hungover conference is ready for a hearty plate of social democracy
Swiftism’s role in saving the V&A Museum
The unconventional Englishness of the Taylor Swift phenomenon
The meaning of depoliticisation
How the establishment made political questions unanswerable
The goose and the golden egg
The City of London Corporation arguably survives for one reason only: money
Stubbs at flay
His controlled charnel house gave the painter a peerless understanding of horses
One small step for Jenrick…
…one giant disappointment for Mel Stride
What is behind the ECHR debate?
We should stop pretending that moral disagreements can be reduced to technical debates
