The Critics
Wall St wolves
On money, morality and motive in three films
Paper trail
Thrillers from Finland to Afghanistan
Spotlight on the Black Country
BBC on the Black Country and on the passing of Michael Parkinson
High-octane despair
Das Rheingold, Royal Opera House
Bad-boy opera
Tosca, Grand Opera House, Belfast
From slobs to royalty
How the Royle Family mirrored working class life
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?
Correcting Cass’s critics
Attempts to intellectually discredit the Cass Review have completely failed
Maligning the missionaries
Should the Church of England regret the promotion of Christianity?
In defence of British theological education
Critics should be more optimistic about the new generation of ordinands
The dangerous excesses of breaking boundaries
There is a double standard on trans people and violence
The cost of dissent
Brave women have sacrificed a lot to stand up for their gender critical beliefs
February letters
Questioning Cameron, cautioning Houellebecq and disputing the image of God
It’s not rocket science
It all goes wrong when arts departments start imitating research universities
The war on noticing in modern Britain
How DEI initiatives and the worldview behind them dull people’s natural perceptiveness
The meaning of Navalny’s death
This tragic event illustrates the cruelty and fragility of the Kremlin
Self-ID versus survivors
Traumatised women deserve to know that they can be supported by women
Finding the middle ground
Where do the acts too big for pubs but too small for arenas play?
