Richard Wood
Dr Richard Wood works in the National Health Service and is a Senior Visiting Fellow at a leading British university.
Why we should resist academic calls for climate reparations
Simply blaming the West is easy but wrong
Lactose intolerance
Stories of social progress are our mother’s, er, I mean, our parents’ milk
The exec on an unfiltered journey
It seems dangerously liable to foster neuroticism and credulity
Crossroads of history
Cyprus is an island of contradictions, and the more we learn about it, the more paradoxical it becomes
The perversity of the Oasis reunion
The cultural optimism of the nineties has been lost
Waugh at war
Self-sacrifice, tradition and service seem to have been cast aside by today’s society
Up with expertise, down with experts
Politicians should be informed by experts but not led by them
Walking a tightrope
It is not easy for Jeremy Hunt to toe the government line without falling off
The death of Britannia Agoraia
Deindustrialisation has done damage even beyond the realms of economics
A short guide to voting in the general election
From Gorgeous George to the Newark Chainsaw Massacre, the Critic brings you a selectively exhaustive guide to the parties running in 2024