Christmas
London gossip, Dickensian Christmasses and experimental castles
The Critic Narrated: Episode Seven, with Robert Thicknesse, Alexander Larman and Charles Saumarez Smith
The art of fast food
Empty shelves need not mean dreary eating
Unexpected music and a crisis of theology
The Critic Narrated: Episode Six, with Sarah Ditum and David Scullion
Santa’s unspeakable sack
Why are publishers so sniffy about stocking fillers?
Cheer leaders
Opera unswervingly believes in the potential for a divine spark in humans, says Robert Thicknesse
Lo! He comes with clouds descending
The news is Good and should be celebrated
Christmas shows us why lives are worth saving
Like the ancient world, we have an inability to explain or even value ourselves
Bored to tiers
Alice Cockerell proposes a drinking game to help deal with those who can’t stop talking about Covid-19
Happy Holidays?
View from Oxford: a year in woke
It’s a Wonderful Life: the perfect Christmas film?
The 1946 classic is a timely reminder that affection and loyalty can surface in the most difficult of circumstances
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
British comedy: a post-mortem
British comedy has become safe, stale and contrived
Respect for the quarry
Can we love the things we kill?
Metamorphoses at the Rijksmuseum
Metamorphoses at the
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Why does Labour hate our pubs?
The government has to stop taxing the hearts of our communities out of business
Jams, jellies and EU insanity
From toast to tungsten, the EU is an enemy of innovation
NigeDosh: an urgent appeal
Tonight’s political coverage is repeatedly interrupted by urgent appeals for charities that may or may not be fictional
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill is a masterclass in self-defeat
Labour’s tobacco crackdown will fuel crime, hurt retailers, and push smokers towards worse habits
A memo crying in the wilderness
Why does the Church of England now sound like an HR department?
The last of the fine arts
Hockney insisted on doing exactly as he pleased — and his cigarettes were as much a part of his artistic philosophy as his paintbrush.
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked
A magnificent navy on land
The state of the British Armed Forces triumphantly vindicates Parkinson’s Law