Woman About Town
First-night nerves
Books, beaches and a beloved bullet
Mostra del Cinema
Historic heartthrobs, cinematic creeps and secreted shoes
Slut-shaming Barbie
Dental woes and devoted dolls
Same beach, same sea
Rainy beaches and protests in Venice, and dance and sunshine in the South Downs as Britain and Italy trade places
Traffic hazards
Driving in the uncanncy valley, Dartmoor’s cagoule warriors and the wizarding weirdness of the Rowling fandom
Venice’s ugly sister
Almost everything in Mestre is recent; everything is decayed
Unholy influences
The weird and not so wonderful world of influencers, and an open invitation to Theodore Dalrymple to get inked
Skeleton in the cupboard
Disappearing corpses, theme-park Venice and a post-Brexit smuggling operation
Gender identity ideology is undermining healthcare
There is nothing “gender-affirming” about having cancer
If Donald Trump wins, it’s over
Three assassination attempts prove irrefutably that Trump is guilty of inciting violence
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
Sean Scully in France
He’s been showered with honours and awards — yet plenty of people can’t stand his work
What’s the point of university during a freedom of speech crisis?
Students should be taught to do more than agree
Amicus curAI?
The implementation of AI into the judicial process must be handled with care
Power and authority
The development of British towns in the 17th and 18th centuries
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
Reparate good times, come on!
The Critic’s Extremely Factual Guide to Slavery Reparations the UK Most Definitely Owes
Shattered illusions
The record of the authorities defies denials of two-tier policing
Anti-industrial strategy
Manufacturing has been systematically devastated by successive governments
