Surviving the love of a psychopath
Norman Scott gets the last word against the man who raped and plotted to murder him
Delivering a monstrous injustice
It’s enough to make you go postal
A tale of two stranglers
We won’t accept policemen are corrupt because the thought of anarchy is intolerable
Is Britain on course for abortion up to birth?
Diana Johnson’s amendment creates a medical and legal vacuum that would endanger women and their babies
Pen pusher
My fascination with fountain pens
When classicists attack classics
Sanskrit isn’t the only ancient language to be affected by academic imperialism
Artistic freedom is worth the risk
Arts Council England’s revised guidance offers cause for concern over freedom of expression
Singers have a voice, too
Study of the Western canon is often reduced to a politicised debate: power and patronage versus individual genius. The truth is far more complex
Death of the model railway?
Not so fast — this is one railway network Beeching can’t cut, and its built of life long fascination
Dr Whitehall
Or: how I learned to stop worrying and love the Blob
Not another one!
How might the run-up to the next general election look?
Introducing Critical Mash
Our new arts podcast, broadcasting from the frontline of the (high) culture war
Dark rumblings at the RIBA
Secretive shenanigans concerning the future home of its drawings collection arouse concern about the wisdom of the governance of the RIBA
The scandal of screens
Parents are ill-equipped to fight the power of Big Tech over children’s lives — they desperately need the law to be on their side
