Intellectual property
Property: The Myth that built the World by Rowan Moore
Fantasies of urban order
Gove’s Cambridge dreams reek of desperation
Stumbling blocks
Owen Hatherley offers a vital but frequently flawed guide to post-war British architecture
Light Lines: The Architectural Photographs of Hélène Binet
Binet’s photographs find beauty in unexpected places
Adapt and survive
Tim Abrahams says fans of Modernism should accept sensitive redevelopment
Entering the world of Weird fiction
The short stories of the long nineteenth century through the lens of Covid-19
Homes fit for a post-Covid world
Tim Abrahams asks whether the crisis will prompt builders to create the type of houses we need
No joke
Scotland’s Hate Crime Act is absurd, but nobody’s laughing
Discomfort Zone
I recommend The Zone of Interest with the greatest caution: it’s not an easy watch
The grand tour
Sex and the cities
Parents are being hypocritical about smartphones
Yes, kids use their phones too much, but what about adults?
Saving my own bacon
Only the particularly pig-headed will stick it out in the pork farming business
Why Reform is rubbish
Its top-heavy structure and patchy talent mean it cannot seize a massive opportunity
A sharp satire perfect for Critic readers
We should be giving copies of this magazine away at every screening
The great immigration data disaster
Officials are deleting the data we need for a more sensible debate
Childhood reclaimed
Mobile phones have been constraining our kids’ imaginations — but it does not have to be this way
Maligning the missionaries
Should the Church of England regret the promotion of Christianity?
All in the family
Most likely, we live in a comfortable nest of light fictions
