Homage to Zaporizhia and Sumy
Horror continues in Ukraine — but the tide could be turning
Sleepless in Zaporizhia
Europe and America must not turn away from the struggles of Ukraine
Dodging drones in the Red Zone
Despite the terror, Ukrainians are not giving up
Don’t judge a play by its label
The instinct towards appeasing “sensitivity” would stifle the creative impulse
The illusion of normality in Nikopol
Determination and death on the front lines of Ukraine
A boring night in Zaporizhia
Hope and struggle in a city with no time for fatigue
Disturbed by blurbs
On the ethics of literary marketing
Excessive expectations
On writers and mental health
Think, write, publish
Russian literature is not bound to Russian politics
Kherson — the city that never sleeps
The daily Ukrainian struggle to survive
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
On a winning streak
Eventually streaks end, but it does not have to be The End
The case against Project Spire
The Church of England should abandon this misleading and expensive exercise in virtue signalling
Where hatreds meet
Antisemitism and misogyny have a lot in common
Into the light
The courage and dignity of Gisèle Pelicot should inspire us all
A case for Classics
Eager minds are being failed by a smug and short-sighted cultural establishment
A crippling consensus
Labour, the Greens and the Lib Dems are singing from the same destructive hymn sheet
Signs of life
Wales finally offered proof they aren’t destined to decline
From triple lock to price caps
Opinium polling for The Critic reveals the totemic pension policy has entrenched a politics that demands control over growth
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
Carry on, matron
The crisis in nursing can be reversed by a return to Florence Nightingale’s vision of vocation and a rebuilt hierarchy on the wards
Joyous genre-bending
Milestones (Signum Classics)