The Critics
Running scared of religion
Shelley’s story prompts us to consider the relationship between The Almighty and man
All you need is luck
Everything with The Beatles happened at double time, thrilling but draining too, says Sarah Ditum
The welcome sound of silence
For three days I listened to nothing but birdsong, marvelling at the variety and the volume
The gossip must go on
Lockdown tales from our showbusiness mole
Artemisia will be worth the wait
A unique art exhibition awaits an audience
Lifetimes of self-isolation
Composing in seclusion
Lockdown Cinema
Staying frosty in plague times
We have been here before
A 1970s drama played on a nagging sense that modern life was fragile
Online drama can be a hit
Some of the shortcomings of the theatre turn to benefits in digital translation
The only thing to do is dance
When things are desperate, you don’t want to be the audience, you want to be the show
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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
Beef and Brexit prosperity
High beef prices are a symptom of a deeper problem—Britain has left the EU, but not its economic mindset.
Questions for the Munich hawks
It is wrong to use Neville Chamberlain as a byword for cowardice and fecklessness
The old age elephant in the room
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?
Mass hysteria
Sancta, Flanders Opera, Antwerp
“You can’t preach here!”
A hostile attitude towards preaching threatens freedom of religion and freedom of speech
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
Trump: the imprudent king
The President has so far achieved the opposite of what he promised
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation
A step forward for academic freedom
It is time to take the fight to censoriousness in higher education