Activism
On message
DfID is internally permitting one-sided activism to the extent of appearing to adopt it
How artivism captured the ICA
If the Institute of Contemporary Arts wants to be in the vanguard of “social justice” activism should it retain its charitable status?
Toady of Whitehall
Open cruelty was met with equally shameless sycophancy
Full steam ahead!
How British canal boats steamed towards the future
Out with the old and in with the new
People are asking why the classic art market has declined — and will it recover?
A decade of economic disaster
Only one verdict is possible: Conservative rule has been a comprehensive failure
Alcohol and Islam
An English novelist travels the Muslim world in search of a drink
Against the relegation of Record Review
Why is Radio 3 mistreating one of its greatest assets?
The crisis in the universities
A Critic panel brought light as well as heat to the troubled question of higher education
It’s not rocket science
It all goes wrong when arts departments start imitating research universities
Don’t just do something, stand there!
Three new books resist the modern cult of busyness
Synaesthesia
Robert Thicknesse, Lucy Lethbridge, and Yehuda Shapiro return for a mind bending and spirit expanding episode of Critical Mash
Profile: Noam Chomsky
The American linguistics professor who is forever at odds with his country
