The Critics
Bedlam bingo
Sex, death, sado-masochism and blasphemy in a heady cocktail
Whole lotta Love
She makes your average rapper look like a Quaker
Remnant Rubens
A provincial folk artist offers an alternative view of Georgian society
Sein oder Nichtsein
What a pairing Hüller and Fiennes would make
Reboot camp
In the desperate hunt for stories, adaptations are now all-dominant
The slain in Spain, and Belfast again
This police drama tidies up loose ends just enough, but still leaves the viewers wanting more
This was a bad start to the week
More work for the BBC pronunciation unit
I love a “dream home” nightmare
What disasters will strike the family next? You almost expect a tsunami
The Turner Prize’s identity crisis
The art establishment has revived competent drawing in spite of itself
The brighter side of German Expressionism
The expressionists breathed fresh life into familiar subjects
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
A step forward for academic freedom
It is time to take the fight to censoriousness in higher education
Angst in the Anglosphere
England’s existential crisis is being played out at the World Cup
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
The problem with optimisation
Feeling maximally healthy and productive is not the point of life
Irish anti-Israel agitation is out of control
Anti-Israel sentiments among Irish nationalists are irrational and opportunistic
Why Keynes was wrong
He misinterpreted fundamental economic principles
Will capitalism end capitalism?
Artificial intelligence is perverting the logic of our economic and political systems
The Farage flounce
A joke that worked, and an exit that didn’t.
Fell for it again
Britain’s pro-development enthusiasts mistook fantasy politics for the real thing — and are now paying the price.
Why left-wingers should care about borders
A welfare state, and social solidarity, depend on immigration restrictionism
How the Boat Race sank
Yet another great British tradition is disappearing beneath the waters of history