Art Heist
The case of the legless duchess
A tale that proves the media and the public still thrill to an art theft
Stolen glories
Alexander Adams delves into two new books that examine the art theft of occupying armies in two different ages
To catch a thief
Is a super-rich collector having works stolen to order?
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Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
How Bridget Phillipson earned an F
Phillipson’s big ambitions were reduced to performative stunts
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
The migrant crime cover up
Why is Labour fighting to keep migrant crime statistics secret?
Ban their benefits and deport them
Our interview with Zia Yusuf
Rage against the dying of the night
The loss of the soft-lit splendour of London after dark
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
From triple lock to price caps
Opinium polling for The Critic reveals the totemic pension policy has entrenched a politics that demands control over growth
Breaking the mould
The closure of the Denby pottery factor is an example of short-term political thinking
Has the arts sector learned nothing?
Tripling down on identity politics and censoriousness would be fatal
Critical briefing: cuckooing
A hidden scourge has been plaguing British streets for too long
In praise of Pixar
The animation studio produces surprisingly sound as well as entertaining films
Bye bye, Beeb?
A Netflix-style subscription model is the only way to save the BBC
Bypassing the parasites
Too often, lawyers add little to business transactions except delays and questionable costs
The end of Peel’s police?
She invokes a vanished age of policing, but Shabana Mahmood’s reforms point towards a more continental model of policing