Artillery Row
A conviction singer who convinces
Folk Songs: Magdalena Kozena/Simon Rattle (Pentatone)
A.S. Byatt and the follies of magical progressivism
The late novelist understood the dangers of ego-centred delusions
Welcome to the jungle
Is Farage a big beast or just a paper tiger?
Become ungovernable (civil service edition)
Welcome to Britain, the country where nothing gets done
An Ode to Autumn
Here is to the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness
A very British series
Dr Who has succeeded because and not in spite of its limitations
An about-turn on tobacco
Prohibitionists are changing course on cigarettes, and Rishi stands alone
Beneath Disney’s Hood
Robin Hood marked the beginning of a steep decline for the much-loved brand
I’ve “done the work”, thanks
Sometimes, condescension can seem almost as bad as cancellation
The future is bright for academic freedom
New threats to speech inquiry could inspire an unlikely consensus around openness
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
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
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
First time thrills
Most of all, it was a tournament of heroes and villains
A bewitching Sink drama
Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe make Shakespeare compelling for Gen Z
No bullshit government
Tom Jones grills the shadow minister for
policy renewal about the plans of a
future Tory administration
Defending liberalism from its defenders
Liberalism should mean anything but a more interventionist state
No, the King has not converted
A bizarre conspiracy theory
that Charles III is a Muslim is
easily shown to be false
The costs of telling the truth too late
The girl guiding decision is causing pain — so why do activists seek to prolong it?
The artist formerly known as Nero
The life and death of Rome’s last Julio-Claudian emperor revealed every Roman fear about the dangers of one-man rule
Stella Creasy hates questions
For many politicians, being disagreed with is proof that they are right
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
From triple lock to price caps
Opinium polling for The Critic reveals the totemic pension policy has entrenched a politics that demands control over growth
Hard rain in Spain
Domestic scandal has rocketed back to the forefront of Spanish politics