Alfred Sherman
Alfred Sherman: the original Downing Street maverick
The rise and fall of Dominic Cummings recalls the role of another eccentric who changed British politics
Why accusations of vaccine nationalism miss the mark
Rather than condemning governments for favouring their own citizens in this way, we should focus on how vaccine surplus can reach poorer parts of the world
The French Revolution and its legacy
Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart, about France’s eighteenth-century revolutionary ferment
All the news fit to post, two weeks early
It’s Christmas come early for Critic readers
How the rise of digital technology facilitated lockdown
Philosopher Mark Sinclair warns against the slippery slope of technological thinking
All clapped out
Funnily enough, al fresco clapping and Government-mandated walks have lost much of their appeal in the bleak midwinter
Seven indicators that show infections were falling before Lockdown 3.0
Data from seven different indicators establishes that infections were already in decline in England before the January lockdown
Catholicism at its most bonkers—and prescient
The strange and startling events at Fatima continue to intrigue and haunt as the Catholic Church wrestles against the liberalising world order
Steve Baker: Boris’s leadership “on the table” without lockdown exit plan
Distance between Downing Street and Tory lockdown sceptics widening as Baker writes to CRG MPs
More sad than naughty
A BDSM book by a group keen to challenge gender norms is oddly conventional
The freedom to achieve freedom
The Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed 99 years ago this week. As Brexit talks enter the last lap, Nigel Jones argues that the Treaty could offer a model to follow