Burntcoat
The Critic Books Podcast: Burntcoat
Burntcoat was one of the first “pandemic novels” to be published in the wake of Covid-19
Can we save our parish churches?
It will take cultural as well as institutional change
Wanted: a plan to reform the NHS
No serious party can sit out the ideological battle over the remorseless rise in public spending, including on health
Tawdry tales
The Tales of Hoffmann, Royal Opera House
Don’t bet on green energy
Groupthink has blinded us into backing solar and wind. Will a big short make us see sense?
Stick ‘em up
Has the culture war been won?
David Lammy’s Caucasus catastrophe
The Foreign Secretary’s blunder has exposed the hollowness of “progressive realism”
Cleaning up the town
As cities grew, so did the need for reform and sanitation
Merkel the Disaster
The sad dolts in the room are wrong about the former German chancellor
Keir-y-e-Liason
Rob tries to stay awake at the Liazzzzzzon committee
Now’s your time, House of Lords
The upper house must prove its worth by opposing the shabby Chagos Islands deal
Only the truly privileged can be cultural relativists
It is easy not to judge appalling cultural practices from a distance
