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Art must be rescued from identity
We should celebrate artists for what they do, not who they are
Terrorism calls for realism
Australia must ask itself tough questions about immigration and integration
The reality of unionism
Northern Ireland requires no reason to exist — it just exists
Only following procedure
The Prime Minister is in office. But what is he running?
Welcome to The Critic Show
Introducing our new podcast
Thank you Rob Reiner
Reiner’s films conveyed a moral, humanistic outlook on life
We must stop the puberty blocker trial
Experimenting on vulnerable children is unacceptable
Net Zero is incompatible with military preparedness
Strong societies, industries and economies win wars — but does Britain have them?
Starmer won’t fix the ECHR
Keir Starmer and David Lammy are committing themselves to incompatible ideas
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
Breaking the mould
The closure of the Denby pottery factor is an example of short-term political thinking
Digging for gold
La fanciulla del West, Opera Holland Park
A.E. Housman
The poet is less read than he once was but his deep love of England still resonates
The trans war on reality
Trans activists loudly trumpet a false mythology
of victimhood. In fact, trans people are more
likely to kill than be killed,
It is time for antidisestablishmentarianism
Church establishment is still worth fighting for
The ballad of Robbie and Harry
Sometimes, the struggle can become the art
Food pairing is folly
A warning against trying to match wine to dish
The dark side of the White House
As in ancient Rome, power politics are always a promising arena for drama
The generation delusion
Chris Bayliss and Henry Hill are joined by the Reverend Marcus Walker to discuss intergenerational responsibility
That viral Reddit post does not say a lot about society
Don’t confuse your caricature of your outgroup for the real thing
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith