A philosopher of deeds
Roger Scruton was a doer as well as a thinker
What will Brexit do?
No control has been taken back. Even if it is, what will be done with it?
Lost in transition
The proposition is that men can become women and women can become men. How and when are pertinent words
Welcome to The Critic
The opinions which govern modern Britain should be seen as such — opinions. We will drag them kicking and screaming into public view
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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
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Standout singers
If Music (Erato), Day of These Days (Delphian) & Eisnacht (Genuin)
A king’s ramsons
Look after the woods, and they will continue to give
The hollow men
T. S. Eliot understood contemporary politicians better than they understand themselves
The strange birth of woo-woo
The glitzy LA supermarket chain and the Buddhist food cult behind your wellness smoothie
The dumb-dumbs of war
When it comes to Iran, the Conservative Shadow Cabinet are donkeys led by a donkey
Selling the commons
How Britain put a price on nature
It is time to cut pensions
The economic burden on younger people is unsustainable
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
Tony Blair cannot escape politics
And our politics cannot escape from Tony Blair
It’s time to ban the Brotherhood
Britain can no longer afford to ignore the Muslim Brotherhood’s quiet but far-reaching influence
Going for Broke
It’s that time of year to publicly humiliate oneself with Cheltenham tips