Clapham
Fifty years on: the battle to elect Britain’s first black MP
Dr David Pitt’s experience is now largely forgotten. It shouldn’t be.
Plain Janeites
For all their admirable dedication, keepers of the Austen flame cannot be so protective
Rugby’s debt to Mrs T
Rugby league was transformed from a fringe working-class activity into part of national life
Saltburn and the significance of sound
Why has Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s “Murder on the Dancefloor” caught the world’s attention again?
The light and the insubstantial
Poulenc and others: Chamber music (Calliope/DG)
The age of the Sex Olympics
It is time to resist the pornification of the modern world
The Met is watching you
We are passively accepting the development of a society of hyper-surveillance
Laid-back Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Württemburg sonatas (ECM)
A sharp satire perfect for Critic readers
We should be giving copies of this magazine away at every screening
The dark threat of nitazenes
New opioids could pose a dramatic risk to British streets