Abraham Lincoln
Dishonest Abe
He is revered as the man who freed US slaves. Yet he never intended to do so and it was he who forced a war for the Union
Advertisements for themselves
Michael Craig-Martin and the sad afterlife of conceptual art
Oxford elects
Meet the denizens of Oxford’s disenchanted garden currently competing for the university’s top sinecure
Have we been barking up the wrong tree?
Mark Rowlands believes that humans have a lot to learn from dogs
On the King’s Road to ruin
The decline of commerce on Chelsea’s celebrated street is a worrying sign for London
Consent isn’t everything
Protections against violent sexual encounters are being dismantled
Labour is killing British farming
Attacks on British agriculture must be resisted
Reparate good times, come on!
The Critic’s Extremely Factual Guide to Slavery Reparations the UK Most Definitely Owes
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
America will be fine
The American system is far more resilient than it looks