Anthony Albanese
Australian insights into Britain under Labour
Anthony Albanese’s government offers a depressing glimpse of Britain’s future
Francis Bacon’s visceral language
Pain and pleasure are never far away in these portraits
She wants to be in America
🎶 Airtime for me in America 🎶
Suella all along
You can achieve anything if you don’t take the credit
The future that never came
Post-war London was saved from a modernist masterplan
Must-Miss TV
Your regular Critic round-up of the hottest shows and films.
Going solo
This Christmas, 40 competitors will face the most difficult sporting challenge on the planet
Bonfire of the verities
Plotting a path through the new politics
Was Houellebecq right?
Reassessing the French novelist vilified for forecasting the Islamicisation of France
Final notes
The end The Musical Times is symbolic of a broader malaise in classical music
The assisted suicide debate is not over
But will its supporters try and stop genuine scrutiny?
Don’t Cry for Me, Diego Garcia
A small island is in trouble, foreigners are probably up to no good, and the Tories are yomping to the rescue
