Artillery Row
Conservatives should learn from Labour
We might disagree with the ideas of Labour politicians, but we can learn from their methods
Eat less chicken
Industrial farming is bad for the environment but it is also cruel
A mean mood in Makerfield
Reform have enthusiasm, but quiet Labour voters could still swing it for Burnham
Why 1776 matters to modern Britain
The American founding is a case study in peaceful regime change
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
Smart but ill-suited
Michael Anton was too good for the administrations that he helped to create
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
How to get Britain building
A new policy paper proves that the government can beat bureaucratic sclerosis if it wants to
The tyranny of memes
Modern would-be assassins are products of the internet
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
How EDI corrupts public life
It compels people to accept falsehoods in the name of equality
Stop saying sectarianism
Britain’s emerging politics are not really sectarian at all, but the result of neo-communal fragmentation
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan
Dancing with death
The rush to judge Liam Scarlett was cruel and unjust
Canis lupus labor
Europe is a wolf coming up the path to devour the Labour Party
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
We need a loud revival
The dream of a “quiet revival” always misunderstood the problem faced by British Christians
A carnivore’s arcadia
Bowled over by a de luxe fillet steak