Amanda Craig
The Critic Books Podcast: The Golden Rule
In discussion with novelist Amanda Craig about her latest book
Never trust a publisher
Once Twitter takes against you, they will wash their hands of you, Pontius Pilate-style
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
NATO’s Ankara moment
NATO’s middle powers must not depend so heavily on the USA
Devolution has been a disaster
Wales, and the United Kingdom at large, are weaker for the devolution project
The value of social value
Social value requirements have made public procurement more expensive, more bureaucratic and harder for smaller firms to compete
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening
Light my fire
A perfect spy requires a spark for his cigarette
The last of the fine arts
Hockney insisted on doing exactly as he pleased — and his cigarettes were as much a part of his artistic philosophy as his paintbrush.
Digging for gold
La fanciulla del West, Opera Holland Park
Why people smuggling means profits
People smuggling is one of the few functioning markets left in the UK
Can we get removals right?
Deporting illegal migrants is a lot more difficult than promising to deport them
The RAM should face the music
Why the Royal Academy of Music shuts of pupils from private schools
Angst in the Anglosphere
England’s existential crisis is being played out at the World Cup