Carys Davies
Three novelists pushing the bloat out
Some novels still dare to leave the reader’s hand unheld — without universal success
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
From triple lock to price caps
Opinium polling for The Critic reveals the totemic pension policy has entrenched a politics that demands control over growth
An unholy war
Donald Trump is damaging America as well as Iran
“Treatment” does not make child predators safe
People who abuse children must be kept away from children
The Reparations Game
Chris and Henry talk to Nigel Biggar about reparations.
The Islamists’ young recruits
Islamist networks are increasingly targeting children, and the British state refuses to acknowledge the problem
We need a pro-natal culture
Changing our demographic future will require a new attitude towards having children
Greene around the gills
A truly ghastly gastropub
A memo crying in the wilderness
Why does the Church of England now sound like an HR department?
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
“Fauxcest” is not a free speech issue
The government should ban this dangerous and disgusting genre
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own