The Critic Essay

The sadness of AI boyfriends

Technology can make romance frictionless and sterile

The meaning of depoliticisation

How the establishment made political questions unanswerable

Revolution in the Academy

The quest for knowledge, not power, ought to guide academia

Carelessness in the community

Who are the “community leaders” who are currently shaping police policy in Birmingham?

Dancing with ghosts

A journey into the ABBA: Voyage experience

Duke of deception

Duke Wolff was a real life Gatsby, a brilliant, flamboyant faker whose lies left a legacy of both devastation and fascination for his children

The disgrace of ACE

Arts Council England has failed to support artists and art

Starmer and the blob

The Conservatives must focus on our constitutional order

Terrible beauty

Does the World Press know what constitutes photojournalism?

Lockdowns and the problem with science-based policy

Evidence in politics is great, but what evidence and to what ends?