Issue: June 2024
Lone danger
One certainly wouldn’t expect anything resembling loyalty from the wolves running “Theatreland”
Finnish on a high note
Now, how the Helsinki has this happened?
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
Most Read
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
International Women’s Day is useless for women
IWD has become a celebration of evasion and irrationality
The Bible in the dock
Free speech for Christians is still under assault
The next chapter for The Critic
A request — and an opportunity!
Conservatives should learn from Labour
We might disagree with the ideas of Labour politicians, but we can learn from their methods
The Arctic circle: a game of ice and fire
The Arctic is fast becoming a hotspot for great power competition
The poetry of Easter
Reason cannot entirely account for the particular and the mysterious
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
Angst, Nazis and forgotten treasure
Transcription / You Are the Führer’s Unrequited Love / For the Love of Willie
How to save your parish church
Be the Church you want to see in the world
Exactly my bag
Travel they say, broadens the mind. It can also empty the pockets
Giles Treadwell
Old-style literary agent