British Library
Murder stories for December days
Jeremy Black makes his way through the British Library’s Crime Classics collection
Murders for the onset of shorter days
Professor Jeremy Black on British Library Crime Classics and his favourite ‘whodunits’
Unfinished Business at the British Library
The British Library’s new exhibition on feminism is like being hit with a rolled-up copy of Spare Rib
Cultural appropriation is here to stay
So-called cultural appropriation is an American obsession, cheerfully ignored by a fast globalising world
Why shouldn’t we discriminate against people’s beliefs?
It is not the same as discriminating on the basis of race or sex
Only the truly privileged can be cultural relativists
It is easy not to judge appalling cultural practices from a distance
The Critic guide to glass ceilings
On the self-made men (and women!) of the Labour Party
Rising above the mob
Questioning is kryptonite to the genderist cause
Tom Stoppard’s Hampstead drama
Best not try to memorise this deceptive Connect Four of relationships — just get into the flow
A real plan for growth
A series of simple economic blunders has led to self-defeating policies that strangle any chance of prosperity for all
Dress code
How did Starmer not know how it would look? (The donation, not the clothes)
The great British giveaway
The handover of the Chagos Islands reflects a wider lack of realism in UK foreign policy
The horrors of VAR
Technology is making the beautiful game less beautiful
A recipe for decline
This budget will do nothing to lift Britain from its doldrums
