Anthony Holden
Golden boy turned starstruck rube
The self-justifying self-portrait of a journalist who never made it
The grand Budapest hotel
The Hungarian Prime Minister’s office gives Orbán the space to think
Can we save our parish churches?
It will take cultural as well as institutional change
The curious incuriosity of multiculturalists
We cannot blind ourselves to differences between people
Must-Miss TV
Your regular Critic round-up of the hottest shows and films.
Why Tony Hinchcliffe’s jokes didn’t work
It is very hard to blend comedy and politics
Rocking the Reichstag
Women across the world have been protesting against the bizarre new German self-ID laws
Living in the Eighties
An exhibition of photos from a pivotal decade interests and exhausts
Justin Trudeau has been an embarrassing failure
He leaves Canada poorer, weaker and more divided
Is this what winning looks like?
Reform UK supporters are growing weary of infighting and weak rhetoric
Heroes, villains and lessons in life
Intellectual history, sneered at in Oxford 40 years ago, is all the rage there now
Season’s bleatings
Christmas is almost here, but our MPs are not in the festive spirit