Umut Özkırımlı
Umut Özkırımlı is a senior research fellow at IBEI (Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals) and a professor at Blanquerna, Ramon Llull University. He is the author of the recently published Cancelled: The Left Way Back From Woke (Polity, 2023). Find him online at @UOzkirimli and umutozkirimli.com
The renegade progressives
Has the University and College Union discovered freedom of speech?
Cancel culture in academia
Umut Özkırımlı in conversation with Laura Favaro
Luxury politics and the narcissistic left
Commodification with a woke twist
Everyone should be ashamed over Princess Kate but me
They spread unhinged fantasies while I asked sensible questions
A discordant song
Classical music may be the worst casualty of identitarian politics
Left and right hooks
Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak exchanged sloppy blows as Lee Anderson found a warm welcome in the stands
Arresting the fertility crisis
Britain needs more babies — and it is far from alone
A sharp satire perfect for Critic readers
We should be giving copies of this magazine away at every screening
The government is failing Northern Ireland
Its reputation will be stained forever by the Northern Ireland Protocol and the Windsor Framework
Why Reform is rubbish
Its top-heavy structure and patchy talent mean it cannot seize a massive opportunity
Newsnight and the rapist
The BBC should be embarrassed by its careless coverage of a man who has now been convicted of rape
Disposable women?
Middle-aged women are routinely ignored and dismissed by society — it is time for that to change