Book Review
A mysterious garden
A new book offers interesting insights into the neglected subject of fraternal societies
Walking the wild side of Merrie England
Revived folk customs are proud expressions of local identity and communal cohesion
The mercurial master of magic and misery
If Dickens was a unique enchanter, Conrad is a charmingly bewitched conjurer of his genius
Glorious things
This addition to the literature on monuments and commemoration is very welcome
Deconstructing the architecture of cancel culture
The censorious impulse is degrading intellectual discourse on both sides of the Atlantic
Young man — there’s a place you can go …
Everything changes in the end and not always for the better
WEIRD but really not that wonderful
The success of the West has been seized upon by the rationalist right but is riddled with gaps and discrepancies
Keeping the faith
It is as if Aquinas himself occupied the timeless eternity he reserved for God
Holy wars and unlikely alliances
The Crusades were not a straightforward clash of civilisations: both sides were too internally divided
The cottage in the country
The English cottage in the national consciousness
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
Tony Blair is an extremist
He should have left public life long ago
Kemi at the crossroads
Kemi Badenoch cannot tell everybody what they want to hear
Crisis? Watt crisis?
Renewable energy promises the gold at the end of a rainbow
Facing demons
On the highs and lows of demonic infestation
The next chapter for The Critic
A request — and an opportunity!
Ring engagement
The Mash meets The Ring!
Selling the commons
How Britain put a price on nature
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.