The Critic Essay
Grimdull
The fantasy genre is afflicted by a dull and tedious obsession with adolescent cynicism, prurient scenes and one dimensional anti-heroes
The betrayal of Charlie Hebdo
The French intelligentsia has reneged on promises of fearless free speech and embraced a pervasive culture of censorship
The once and future Right?
Could Argentina’s “madman” President rescue his country from a century of decline?
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
The testing of Giorgia Meloni
Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country
QAnon for centrist dads
Peter Chappell’s What If Reform Wins is less a political forecast than a Westminster panic attack in novel form
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform
Hey, leftists, leave independent schools alone
The campaign against independent schools is irrational, short-sighted and destructive
Right-wing fight night
A debate over the future of right-wing politics in Britain offered little heat and less light
Can we get removals right?
Deporting illegal migrants is a lot more difficult than promising to deport them
Murders for June
Bodies in Brighton and spies in Scotland are features of our first crop of summer murder mysteries
Sexy sisters and holy hotties
Less Sister Simper, more Attila the Nun
A memo crying in the wilderness
Why does the Church of England now sound like an HR department?
Don’t panic about “Angry Young Women”
Despite everything, most people are still fairly normal
Anyone could have predicted
Left-leaning commentators should not pretend to be surprised by the consequences of multiculturalism