American founding
The conservative case for socialism?
Sohrab Ahmari’s anti-business prescriptions fail to convince
In the beginning: neither fish nor fowl
Reading Genesis by Marilynne Robinson
The Conservatives deserve credit on sex and gender
They were slow to respond to institutional capture — but they did respond
The rise and fall of Rishi
Exceptional good fortune met common mediocrity
Starmer and the satirists
Will British comedians be as tough on the new government as on the last?
The odd couple
Evelyn Waugh and Graham Greene may have been unlike as possible, but they remained the closest of friends for four decades
Lockdowns and the problem with science-based policy
Evidence in politics is great, but what evidence and to what ends?
The slain in Spain, and Belfast again
This police drama tidies up loose ends just enough, but still leaves the viewers wanting more
Sport, strength and pseudo-feminism
We should expose the emptiness of femininity compared to femaleness
A short guide to voting in the general election
From Gorgeous George to the Newark Chainsaw Massacre, the Critic brings you a selectively exhaustive guide to the parties running in 2024