Abortion Law
One year on from home abortions
Faced with disturbing statistics and continued uncertainty, now is not the time for such a significant and permanent change to abortion law, says Andrea Williams
Abortion Law should not be decided by courts
American conservatives and Polish liberals are both right about abortion law. It should be a matter for elected politicians, not Supreme Courts
The beginning and end of conversation
A catholic sift through humankind’s advent and our eventual, formative babbling and beyond.
In defence of hereditary peers
We should preserve Britain’s magical eccentricity
Mad dogs and English football
Our memories of hooliganism deserve more nuance
Food for thought
Is it worth trapping the squirrels in my London garden?
Selected for greatness
Some men are born to greatness, others are parachuted into Tory safe seats
The final death of left v. right?
Old political categories are losing their value
No dog in this fight
A Labour government will bring fresh disasters to replace the old Tory ones, but the Critic will continue its policy of honest criticism
What Lowry saw in the sea
The philosophical side of the painter of “matchstalk men” adds to his charm
Doing something can be worse than doing nothing
The Gaza pier and the failings of a “do something” foreign policy