On Drink
Chard: an apology
On the rehabilitation of chardonnay
An apple a day…
Sampling a new wave of Bristish cider
In the pink
The world’s best-value rosé
The colourful world of English winemakers
Henry Jeffreys on the tyros who made English wine world class
Labelled with love
A treasure trove that records a wine-lover’s life
This one’s a keeper
The long-lived stars of the Hunter Valley
Keeping it funky
An Argentine winery that revels in the old ways
Walled garden wines
Exploring a 2,000-bottle-a-year vineyard
Wines for romantics
Henry Jeffreys enjoys the heady pleasure of fine marsala
The man who liberated the Ritz
David Bruce: “the last American aristocrat” renowned for his oenophilia
The authorities are inept sheriffs of social media
Politicians, the police and the judiciary should stop trying to control a landscape they do not understand
Kim Leadbeater’s “safeguards” won’t keep people safe
The proposed legal hurdles are effectively useless
Humble pie?
Ric Holden is painfully aware that he is only just Holden on to his seat
Butchering La bohème
Opera is “relatable” already
The Warburg refurbished
The institute used to feel intellectually introverted
March of the guys
How did one honorific colonise our language?
Is “progressive realism” either?
Weighing up the rights and wrongs of the Lammy Doctrine
An intelligent book on AI? Very nearly
The threat from AI comes from humans placing too much faith in complex but fallible systems
The Critic guide to glass ceilings
On the self-made men (and women!) of the Labour Party
No average Joe
“He looked like the Milkybar Kid but played like Clint Eastwood”
Conservatives listen to music too
Gatekeeping the “real” meaning of songs is foolish and futile
