Sebastian Milbank

Sebastian Milbank is Associate Editor of the Critic. He tweets at @JSMilbank

Decriminalising vagrancy is no act of kindness

The closure of the Denby pottery factor is an example of short-term political thinking

Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage are offering some cause for optimism — but is it enough?

England’s existential crisis is being played out at the World Cup

The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration

Thoroughly entertaining, darkly funny and humanely nasty

British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve

We have to adapt to the sweatier realities of a changing climate

Linking the Christian faith to our national identity is not radical (or American)

Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”