Artillery Row
Henryk Mikolai Gorecki: Piano pieces (Accord)
A furious, unfiltered revelation of the experimental heart of a familiar composer
It’s a flying shame
A travel editor gives up planes… for a year
A roaring monster
Letters from the Falklands front: Trauma and machismo continue to define the Malvinas issue in Argentina
War of attrition
The conflict in Ukraine may yet end in stalemate
The truth about the Grand Mufti’s visit to the UK
Shakwi Allam speaks the language of religious pluralism to western audiences, but sanctions persecution within Egypt
Jerusalem: cradle of lost peace
In the Holy Land coexistence was a fragile dream, built on unstable foundations
Cancelled at Cannes
Sidelining the creator of a national movement is pure, unashamed revisionism
The Sea! The Sea!
Southbank Sinfonia Baroque at St John’s Smith Square
This septic isle
Malta is not a trans utopia
Michaela’s unspeakable truths
“Progressive” teaching methods ruin lives to make middle class people feel good about themselves
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
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
How Donald Trump betrayed himself
President Trump has forgotten what made him successful in the first place
Eric Snapper
Anti-biographer
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
Rewatching a TV show from a lost world
In River Cottage, a chef escaped to Dorset from London in search of the good life
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
The dark side of the White House
As in ancient Rome, power politics are always a promising arena for drama
Why Keynes was wrong
He misinterpreted fundamental economic principles
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
Quinlan Terry
He kept the flame of classicism alive at a time when it burnt very low
The hidden bureaucracy shaping Britain’s university curriculum
Putting an end to ideological capture must start with the Quality Assurance Agency
The problem with optimisation
Feeling maximally healthy and productive is not the point of life