Athletes
Double Double
A man motivated by the pinnacle or nothing at all
The space man
Thomas Müller has provided great sporting inspiration
Is cricket growing up and leaving home?
In many ways the sport is thriving, but there is danger ahead
Back in the big time
It is tempting to explain the turnaround in two words: “Unai” and “Emery”
Badmissions procedures
Putting decisions in the hands of non-specialist administrators fails students and universities
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
Is Beer the solution to all of life’s problems?
The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions — And How The World Lost its Mind. By Dan Davies
At least somebody’s having fun
Ed Davey grows more cheerful the sadder Rishi Sunak gets
What the Conservatives can learn from Germany
The Tories should have a clean break with their past and rebuild
In the beginning: neither fish nor fowl
Reading Genesis by Marilynne Robinson
Are private schools worth it?
Parental background has a bigger impact than education
Blairism at its most zealous
The Labour manifesto is a recipe for bland bureaucratic managerialism
You can’t beat the left at its own game
Conservative attempts to reverse leftist victimology are doomed to fail
