The coronavirus cure for global populism?
How the pandemic exposed some leaders’ bluster and might yet undermine authoritarian regimes
India’s rape crisis
India is gripped by a “rape emergency”, a brutal conflict that is escalating
Pursued by Furies
Neither Roy Jenkins nor Enoch Powell became prime minister, but they are our two most influential postwar politicians
Pleasure and pain
Nick Cohen says the runner’s hardest task is knowing when to stop
Andean myth buster
Don’t listen to the critics. When it comes to wine the new world produces some real works of art
What John Whittingdale really thinks of the BBC
The new culture minister airs his views on auntie
Culture Coaches
As The Critic enters into the podcasting business, Dominic Green surveys the world of motivational, self-affirming podcasts
Starmer for the Prosecution
At his first PMQs, Labour’s new leader offered a masterclass in constructive opposition
Moronic inferno
An anonymous academic on campus follies