Auction houses
The lockdown boom in an empty room
Auction houses have enjoyed a stellar pandemic, but could their online success prove a curse?
We mustn’t repeal the Human Rights Act
The European Court of Human Rights is a necessary check against authoritarianism
A Commons grilling
Boris vs Keir once again provides more heat than energy
In praise of women’s football
Don’t let the FA score an own goal by letting transwomen into women’s sports
Private schools are a waste of money
Both Left and Right overstate their effect on educational ability and achievements in later life
The Critic Books Podcast: Portable Magic
Lucasta Miller discusses Emma Smith’s new book
A roaring monster
Letters from the Falklands front: Trauma and machismo continue to define the Malvinas issue in Argentina
Michaela’s unspeakable truths
“Progressive” teaching methods ruin lives to make middle class people feel good about themselves
The farce awakens
Not long ago, in a parliament far, far away
More than whippets and flat caps
Brian Groom’s Northerners weaves together a rich seam of rebels and innovators
The Tories have a nostalgia problem
Modern leaders must focus on modern problems
Publish and be cancelled
Unreadable and insufferable woke academics are boycotting the publishers that grudgingly print their inane work