Celebrity
Drum fast, die young?
Taylor Hawkins is not the only drummer to meet with an early grave
Brass and bullshit
Influencer is just another name for snake-oil salesman
Imagine John hadn’t died
It’s easy if you try
Not Justin time
Sarah Ditum says that the focus on Timberlake as a bad agent conveniently forgets the machine behind him
Love, fame, power: the false allure of the celebrity politician
To truly achieve celebrity status and win a place in the nation’s affections you have to give up your political ambitions – just look at Ed Balls
The rise and fall of slavery in the Caribbean
Professor Jeremy Black on the reality of the slave economy created by the Caribbean’s European colonisers
Heroism and high strategy
The story of how British commandos did the impossible
The Critic Books Podcast: Stewkey Blues
DJ Taylor’s new collection of short stories
It’s a flying shame
A travel editor gives up planes… for a year
Ubiquitous, but bloody good
Time and global success hasn’t dimmed the appeal of dinner at Nobu
Bring on the big beasts
Music needs heavyweight champions to stand up for truth and excellence
Christians are under attack in Nigeria
The UK has turned a blind eye to persecution for far too long
The failures of Boris
The Prime Minister is responsible for most of the things that have gone wrong
As easy as pie plant
How to pamper your rhubarb patch
Should we take Kingsley Amis more seriously as a poet?
The acclaimed novelist harboured dreams of writing verse
The comeback Pig
A country pub where the cooking extracts the maximum amount of flavour