Bashar al-Assad
A rebel advance in Syria is nothing to cheer
You don’t have to sympathise with Assad to think that the alternative would be worse
Syria’s civil war 10 years on
Syria’s war has licensed this century’s worst growth in violent depravity – and it shows no sign of ending soon
Endless tragedy of blood and sand
Syria’s civil war is the latest grisly chapter in more than a millennium of conflict
4B and the futility of heteropessimism
Romance is painful but it is also possible
Eric Fogey
Dr Fogey genuinely does believe that virtually every enlightened measure of the past 200 years was a mistake
The right to learn at home
Home education is a powerful alternative to the box-ticking of state schooling
The dangerous fallacy of “self-deterrence”
The concept makes little sense and could create serious risks
From El-Alamein to Ukraine
How has the nature of warfare changed since World War Two?
It’s a M.A.D. world in Kubrick’s satire
A drama based around the shaky paradox of deterrence no longer feels like a dusty throwback
The Critic guide to glass ceilings
On the self-made men (and women!) of the Labour Party
Don’t patronise female students
It’s insulting to think that women have to be treated with kid gloves
Mental illness is more complex than we think
There are no easy answers when it comes to mental health
England is not yet lost
Where else would you rather be from?
Is public religion the new heresy?
It makes no sense to argue that faith should not inform ethical decisions
