Artillery Row
What the Dickens
Spin-offs are all very well, but can’t we have the real thing?
Beyond a joke
Boris Johnson took my job
The Eastern Question and the origins of The Great Game
How was the balance of power maintained in the eighteenth century?
Green energy cannot save us
We require reliable power — not just eco-posturing
The Miners’ Last Stand
Fifty years ago, the miners took on a Conservative Government and won
Grow Britain by getting out of the way
Gove has swallowed the opposition’s patronising rationalisations of Brexit, along with their economically illiterate solutions
Uproot EU-style subsidies
Our agricultural sector can’t grow until we get the government off of our land
Big Dog is in the picture again
Scotland Yard is on the case of the beast of Bullingdon
Never take it lying down
The feminist fix: we need a statutory inquiry into police misogyny and misconduct
The Critic Books Podcast: Mrs Death Misses Death
Salena Godden is in conversation with Francesca Peacock
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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
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Farewell to an intellectual giant
Patrick Nash pays tribute to the late
David Abulafia, fastidious champion of
Oxbridge’s academic standards
How procedure is enabling petty criminals
We should support workers who confront criminals
The book awards are a joke
The panel of non-literary judges shows just how frivolous the Nibbies are
The Symphony’s Indian summer
Imagine hearing a symphony for the first time
“Treatment” does not make child predators safe
People who abuse children must be kept away from children
It’s not a level pitch
Where did it all go wrong for Crystal Palace?
Giles Treadwell
Old-style literary agent
Hey, leftists, leave independent schools alone
The campaign against independent schools is irrational, short-sighted and destructive
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
Lost railway art
Art should matter in all its guises, above and below ground
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting