Artillery Row
The Critic Books Podcast: Portable Magic
Lucasta Miller discusses Emma Smith’s new book
I’m done with po-faced politicians
We have long since lost the spirit of 1983
The BBC’s black hole baloney
Auntie makes a cosmic error
Since when did Stonewall side with bullies?
The feminist fix: When they push, you push back just as hard
How do you solve a problem like the protocol?
The apotheosis of Johnsonism
A new blasphemy law?
LGBT groups are demanding a ban on so-called “conversion therapy” — but the devil’s in the detail
The remarkable poise of Allison Bailey
Bailey has shown the strength of her character in the courtroom
The food bank of Threadneedle Street
Andrew Bailey and the art of apocalypse banking
The last weird decade
We have lost the oddness of the 1990s
A successful account of the disastrous
When the Dust Settles is a record of an achingly human response to chaos and emergency
Shattered illusions
The record of the authorities defies denials of two-tier policing
You reap what you sow
Poor Daniel Zeichner was left to face the outrage that the Budget had caused
Reading Winston Churchill
Half a century on, we’re still learning more about Britain’s most famous Prime Minister
Labour has a conspiracy problem
Dawn Butler MP should reevaluate her eccentric ideas
Disaster zone
It’s a big job says Keir Starmer, and it’s not our mess we’ll be clearing up
How the West fell out of love with mass migration
Restrictionist opinion is breaking through the establishment cordon sanitaire
A nuclear nothing?
Is Russia’s new nuclear doctrine hot air, or an explosive new factor in world affairs?
A manifesto for the fun police state
The IPPR recommendations would do more harm to your freedoms than good for your health
Midlands marvels and mysteries
A fitting if flawed tribute to one of England’s more undersung counties
The horrors of VAR
Technology is making the beautiful game less beautiful
Mental illness is more complex than we think
There are no easy answers when it comes to mental health
