Reclaiming Becket
London’s great saint needs a reboot
Billy Liar was fiction’s first OCD hero, yet nobody noticed
Rev Steve Morris revisits Keith Waterhouse’s forgotten classic
A heavenly perspective
Thoughts on the plague with St Pauls’ greatest dean, John Donne
Arise Sir Ed, saviour of King’s College London
An online ‘clap for Sir Ed’ will no doubt be forthcoming for an award justly earned
The perils of false victimhood
The Critic and Policy Exchange think right-wing academics are being censored. They’re wrong
Boris Relief: the Tory telethon you’ve been waiting for
Dig deep, otherwise Carrie will have to publish her diaries
The wrong sort of women
View from Oxford: some new arrivals may feel less welcome than others
Womxn and non-womxn
By changing the way that people speak, we will be able to fix all the bad thoughts that exist inside people’s heads
Boris beware: Nigel’s making plans for you
Farage will soon return from his political grave to ensure Brexit gets done
Are we still talking to the EU?
Government spin is mixing the Brexit divorce agreement with the trade deal
Who let the dons out?
Leave literary reviews to reviewers rather than score-settling academics
An extreme form of criticism
Works by Michelangelo, Velázquez, Rodin, Rothko and Mondrian have all been vandalised for reasons of mental instability or political activism or both, informs Michael Prodger
Hail to the Chief
The expansion of executive power in America