Critical Briefing
Critical briefing: cuckooing
A hidden scourge has been plaguing British streets for too long
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform
Critical briefing: local elections
Our political editor explains what to look out for in Thursday’s elections
Critical briefing: home ownership headaches
Why more homes are not always good news for the ordinary buyer
Critical briefing: Unite the Kingdom
What you need to know about the Unite the Kingdom march on May 16
Critical briefing: Tisza
What you need to know about the new Hungarian establishment
Critical briefing: energy price shocks
The shocks from the Iran War are yet to be felt, but are sure to be powerful
Critical briefing: Belgian Channel crossings
How the geographical spread of Channel crossings has been widening
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
How the Boat Race sank
Yet another great British tradition is disappearing beneath the waters of history
Kemi Badenoch was right about the chaos in Clapham
Rioting as entertainment is a First World phenomenon
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
The next chapter for The Critic
A request — and an opportunity!
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
Can the army survive migration?
As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration
The masculinity crisis is a porn crisis
We have to do more to challenge the reshaping of culture by pornography
Our new five-party system
First-past-the-post no longer means
an electoral carve-up between the
Tories and Labour, allowing “fringe”
parties real political influence
The principles of peers
Supporters of assisted suicide are being sore losers