Bees
Hive minds
Plants, not hobbyists, are best for bees
Flying fiends
The wasp may be hated, but you’d be amazed by its intelligence
Folly, fantasy and Britain’s defence crisis
Britain has spent scarce resources in support of the fantasy of “Global Britain”
The West should stop indulging delusions on Ukraine
Ukraine cannot achieve its maximal goals
The mean queens of the book world
A rare case of a “progressive” employee facing consequences will not change the publishing industry
Britain should get serious about organised crime
We underestimate how much crime is the work of small, nasty groups of people
Soporific Starmer
The Prime Minister appears to be making a virtue of his own dullness
Consent isn’t everything
Protections against violent sexual encounters are being dismantled
Rehabilitating an Edwardian genius
The sheer scale and diversity of Lutyens’ output is mind-blowing
Borientalism
Madama Butterfly, Opera Ballet Flanders, Antwerp
Keir’s comms catastrophe
Labour’s goal is clear but its messaging is anything but
Reparate good times, come on!
The Critic’s Extremely Factual Guide to Slavery Reparations the UK Most Definitely Owes
“Nice” people need to read this book
How women have been hounded throughout the gender wars
