Charlie Watts
Charlie Watts: an unlikely rock star
The drummer of the Rolling Stones — a man of rare class, wit and distinction — has died at the age of 80
The coming of age
On the anxieties and ambiguities of adulthood
Writing lives
The life story of the biography, from Victorian glorification to Bloomsbury boldness to contemporary obliquity
Sometimes it’s best to shoot the messenger
Ordinary citizens feel a greater claim than ever before to what goes on in public institutions
What’s wrong with the Human Rights Act?
It makes judges the arbiter of moral and political as well as legal decisions
An artist at the assizes
Cyril Hare was that rara avis: a circuit judge who could write like an angel
Iranian women deserve more support
Self-styled internationalists are failing them
Reparate good times, come on!
The Critic’s Extremely Factual Guide to Slavery Reparations the UK Most Definitely Owes
Don’t idolise Roger Scruton
Our reverence for the late thinker must not limit our imaginations
The WASPI women should blame themselves
No injustice has been done to them
Too many silences in this book about music
The hazy treatment of what “music” even entails falls flat
We are missing the important point on procurement
Systemic dysfunction is far more important than individual failures
