The Critical Canvas
Heart of darkness
Alexander Adams encounters an unflinching master of sex and death in Vienna
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
The errata of history
Misprints are just one in a catalogue of literary disorders
The fateful road to the great dictators
Weimar Germany / Red Dawn Over China
Lost in translation
Attempting to understand the lives and thought of our ancestors can teach us about ourselves
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing
“You can’t preach here!”
A hostile attitude towards preaching threatens freedom of religion and freedom of speech
London is broken
Local politics can’t offer the renewal our nation’s capital desperately needs
Why are doctors special?
Doctors have a lot less to complain about than other workers
Final Analysis
The real measure of a degree
Polish piano
Andre Tchaikowsky: Piano concertos (Ondine)
The poetry of Easter
Reason cannot entirely account for the particular and the mysterious
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case