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 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
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
Can the army survive migration?
As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration
The Arctic circle: a game of ice and fire
The Arctic is fast becoming a hotspot for great power competition
We must get serious about anti-Jewish terror
Britain faces a dangerous rise in anti-Jewish violence and must get real about its implications
Scotland should reject assisted suicide
It is dangerous, and arrogant, and premised on irrational fears
Can liberalism recover?
A new book charts a different course for a dispositional liberalism
The right does need religion
Christianity is politically valuable as well as, you know, true
A king’s ramsons
Look after the woods, and they will continue to give