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In defence of knowledge
Richard Ovenden’s new book is a passionate defence of the sanctity of knowledge expressed through literature
How about some vistas of beauty?
Covent Garden’s first post-lockdown offering is in a long, grim tradition
November 2020: Letters to the Editor
Too kind to Trotsky
Transitioning to a medical scandal
Emily Wheater and Ellen Pasternack say the gender change lobby is failing young people who change their mind
Is the National Trust losing the nation’s trust?
If the National Trust is tired of promoting “heritage” what can be done to remind it of its purpose?
Black’s History Week
The Critic’s new weekly podcast series, with Professor Jeremy Black
Very Amis, very Hampstead
Joseph Connolly treasures his friendship with his literary hero
The US government’s subversion of Trump, 2016-2020
A new movie pulls together a complex and disturbing story in 90 minutes
Boris fights a strawman
BREAKING: strawman wins
Pin the tail on the lockdown donkey
We are regularly told that Britain is on the brink of crises, but where is the evidence to support this?