2020 US Election
Is it too late for Trump?
The Critic’s political and US editors discuss last night’s debate with Chris Buskirk, editor of American Greatness
The degrading cynicism of Joe Biden
While Trump was firm but measured, Biden’s response was to consistently stoke fear of death
Letter from Washington: Race and the 2020 race
The facts don’t fit the story Democrats want to tell themselves
Batting for Biden: the BBC and the US election
The BBC has been wholly partisan in its coverage of Donald Trump ever since he was elected
American puritanism lives on
Judge not a sext lest your sexts be judged
Harris vs Pence: What did we learn from the vice presidential debate?
The Critic’s political and US editors discuss with Chris Buskirk, editor of American Greatness
Biden and Harris need an answer on court packing
The vice presidential debate revealed a weakness in the Biden campaign
The unlikely miracle of Trump’s presidency
Trump’s inability to articulate any substantive thought renders a respected journalist’s new book unreadable
Trump v Biden: what did we learn from the first presidential debate?
The Critic’s US editor spoke to the publisher and editor of American Greatness, Chris Buskirk
And the horse you rode in on
The first US presidential TV debate, Cleveland, Ohio
Grossly offensive censorship
A new ruling offers hope for an end to preposterous rulings over “malicious communications”
The end of Pevsner
The monumental work of maintaining a live record of the architecture of the UK and Ireland is in danger of being abandoned
Why the goal glut?
Football — never boring, even when Italy is defending a 1–0 lead — has only grown more exciting
Let’s at least agree rape is wrong
Fundamental feminist theories are under attack from within feminism itself
Devolution has been a disaster
SNP incompetence is a feature of the system and not a bug
A passage to Istria
Long nights and grey days turn our correspondent’s mind to the Croatian coast
Don’t just do something, stand there!
Three new books resist the modern cult of busyness
The passage from India
The failings of Bazball, like the failings of Britain, are becoming more apparent
Budgets are overrated
Taxation and spending make little difference while Britain is unable to build
A night of spectacle and special effects
Stranger Things: The First Shadow designers aren’t afraid to raid the treasure trove
Why the Voice failed
The Australian establishment has been too focused on symbolic gestures rather than practical change
