The Critic Essay
Crisis? Watt crisis?
Renewable energy promises the gold at the end of a rainbow
Thatcher in Scotland
Margaret Thatcher attracted loathing and respect
Donald Trump is abandoning American leadership
Trump’s tariffs will weaken, not strengthen, American power
How pronouns can obfuscate and mislead
Our use of language should be dictated by the truth more than kindness
Britain at closing time
The decline of national attachments among elites has led to the decline of Britain
Techno, bombs, and babushkas
A month travelling across Ukraine
Trump’s Bitcoin Boom
The UK should clarify its stance on the leading cryptocurrency sooner rather than later
Donald Trump and the age of sovereign internationalism
We are entering a new age of great power competition
Britain is at breaking point
The UK is experiencing existential challenges, but neither elitists nor populists offer a solution
The vital few
A new book explores the importance, as well as the dangers, of risk
Most Read
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
Dangerous liasons
Does Keir Starmer have a plan for dealing with Donald Trump?
When imitation is more then just flattery
An informative and entertaining history of plagiarism in its many forms
Critical briefing: Belgian Channel crossings
How the geographical spread of Channel crossings has been widening
Migration musings
A new book on immigration is welcome in its honestly and openness
We must get serious about anti-Jewish terror
Britain faces a dangerous rise in anti-Jewish violence and must get real about its implications
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
The battle between sacred and profane
When the divine law appears to clash with our sense of justice, can it truly be considered divine?
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
The generation delusion
Chris Bayliss and Henry Hill are joined by the Reverend Marcus Walker to discuss intergenerational responsibility
Decolonisation dissected
This toxic and destructive ideology must be rejected