Beware of the K-Hype
The strange state of the States
Are the grown ups really back in charge?
Centrist commentators are wallowing in limp clichés instead of asking serious questions about policy
In the beginning: neither fish nor fowl
Reading Genesis by Marilynne Robinson
The schadenfreude election
The Labour landslide is a clarifying moment, which will be good for British political debate
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
Welcome to butter mountain
Labour’s extraordinary predicted majority might disappear almost as quickly as it arrives
Old man shouts at Trump
The US Presidential debate was a tragicomic spectacle
Just stop
A new wave of disruptive protest is openly criminal, yet is minimally policed. It is time to say enough — and ban them all
Rosemary Sutcliff
A writer of genius, capable of conveying the feelings and lives of those who lived in the distant past
Europe at the crossroads
The EU elections could see the populist right make significant gains
Tee is for trend
Banish your inner Ted with a t-shirt
Can criminals be judges?
Freemasons, extremists, even members of the Garrick Club can be appointed to the bench
The end of high quality homes
Michael Gove’s new leasehold reforms risk derailing the economic engine that helped finance some of Britain’s finest suburbs
Giving Mozart a makeover
Mozart: The Salzburg Project (Warner)
The EU is overregulating AI
Caution and control are being overemphasised above economic and technological opportunity
Only Joe Biden can save America
He needs to keep reminding the American public that unless they vote for him they are evil and racist
I love a “dream home” nightmare
What disasters will strike the family next? You almost expect a tsunami
The Conservatives have been too soggy, not too harsh
Their voters expected them to cut taxes and immigration — they did the opposite
How cinemas can save themselves
Watching films at the cinema should be a communal experience
Pop on a party hat
Jazz up your wardrobe with perfect headwear
Every argument for Israel
Answering the case against Israel point-by-point
