Sebastian Milbank
Sebastian Milbank is Associate Editor of the Critic. He tweets at @JSMilbank
Vox Populi, Vox Dei
Disbanding Sheffield Cathedral’s choir shows how the Church of England is losing its voice
The new liberal world order
The judges rule because the politicians won’t
Most Read
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Dear Prudence
A reflection on the Tory Party’s historic suspicion of interventionism
The underworld on the high street
Beneath the façade of everyday commerce, organised crime has quietly captured British high streets
Beef and Brexit prosperity
High beef prices are a symptom of a deeper problem—Britain has left the EU, but not its economic mindset.
The EU’s immigration asymmetry
Ten years on, the EU still hasn’t learned Brexit’s hard lesson on migration
After the flood
Net migration may be falling, but the long tail of Britain’s recent immigration regime ensures the debate is far from over
The global risks of the AI illusion
What if AI turns out to be a lot less profitable than we have been told?
How to save your parish church
Be the Church you want to see in the world
The generation delusion
Chris Bayliss and Henry Hill are joined by the Reverend Marcus Walker to discuss intergenerational responsibility
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
Heart of darkness
Alexander Adams encounters an unflinching master of sex and death in Vienna
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
