The Critics
Sound of a free press?
How did a film wishing to highlight the sexual exploitation of children become a culture war?
Growth, grift and speculation
What can art tell us about economics?
Not having a gay old time
On BBC radio’s preoccupation with Americans and identity politics.
Polish lessons for Ukrainian reconstruction
What can the Ukrainians learn from post-war Warsaw?
Aryan idol
On the surprising legacy of an iconic eleventh century sculpture.
Moscow rules
The machinations of Russian regime are dramatised in a new play.
Requiem for London’s music
How London has lost its place as a classical music capital.
The cat in a hat
A colourful glimpse into a dramatic feast of sex and death
Be more Wham!
What men today can learn from the success of a 1980s pop duo.
Acting his age
What happens to film franchises when action heroes age?
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
The testing of Giorgia Meloni
Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country
Labour’s Gagging Acts
Labour is taking inspiration from Pitt the Younger when it comes to curbing speech
The importance of ancestry
Remembering a great scholar of nationalism
Keeping us on message
The UK’s secret government propaganda unit dedicated to praising multiculturalism
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Piano pair strike just the right note
Serendipity has delivered a double bill for the ages this month
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
Cringing at the cliffedge
How British satire, and British politics, became painfully unfunny
Not mad for it
I Puritani, Royal Opera, Covent Garden
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