The Critic Essay
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?
The pain of Sinn Fein
How has support for the party fallen so dramatically?
The war of words over Estonia’s Soviet monuments
Despite three decades of independence, Estonia’s Soviet past is still a cause of division
Fear and tension in Frankfurt
Mass immigration has exacerbated societal dysfunction in Germany
Europe between the Seine and the Tiber
It is time for Paris and Rome to rethink sovereignty and their relationship with the EU
The “shameless disrespect” of Judith Butler
The celebrated academic is too ideological to understand and accept different opinions
The follies of human quantitative easing
British politicians have made a fatal commitment to human quantitative easing
British spies and the IRA
Blair, Clinton, Ahern et al were credited with putting together the Northern Ireland peace deal, but 800 British agents also played their part
The Conservatives need a clear-out
Failed advisers and politicians have to be removed
Walk tall in these shoes
If you buy the best kit, it will last much longer
The Golden Age of jockeys
Ryan Moore is most racing professionals’ idea of the best jockey in the world
The Labour voter blues
At least forty per cent of Starmer’s voters are social conservatives. Will he take them with him, or leave them behind?
Music for a disintegrating world
Valentin Silvestrov: Widmung, Postludium (Naxos)
Is Badenoch ready?
The stand-out Conservative looks less convincing with each interview
Ireland’s surrogacy scandal
The Irish inferiority complex grasps at any first — no matter how low
Murders for June
Murders haunt the longest days as well as the shortest
The ghosts of Tory past
The Conservatives are haunted by the spirits of the last two decades
Portraits in cowardice
Conservative MPs need to rediscover their spines if they want to be effective
