Artillery Row
Bullying your mum isn’t activism
Political purity is another mask for patriarchy
Benedict XVI and the dignity of age
Benedict taught us how to treat the elderly
Will the real historical Jesus please stand up?
You can’t escape Lewis’s trilemma
The media won’t protect your freedom
Why was the case of Isabel Vaughan-Spruce ignored?
A Christmas plea for pen and ink
In praise of the small features of civilisation
Labour’s crime plans need more work
Limp idealism has been mixed up with solutions
Murders for the New Year
A dark start to 2023
New Year’s writing resolutions
What I will try to improve in 2023
The raw truth about legal crowdfunding
Don’t waste money on censorious causes with no legal case
Jiving in the ruins
This dazzling album features young composers in hyperinflationary Berlin
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
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
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
The shadow of the thorn tree
Christian culture must combine tradition and modernity
Who will pound longest?
America has military might — but does it have the appetite for war?
The promises of politicians
We are surrounded by lies, euphemisms and deceit
Were we close to a revolution in 1926?
Nine Days in May / The Edge of Revolution
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
Saved from the flames
We should feel fortunate indeed to have the Aeneid
The masculinity crisis is a porn crisis
We have to do more to challenge the reshaping of culture by pornography
The regressive feminism of “angry young women”
Gen Z’s radical vanguard have built their worldview on unprogressive foundations
The green myth
Tom, Chris and Graham explore our April edition
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
The meaning and meaninglessness of Makerfield
Andy Burnham has triumphed — but can he maintain his success?