Climate Change
Too woke to travel write?
Perhaps a little less introspection will see a renaissance of the troubled genre
Man up, President Xi
Why not flip the script, and let China lead the world out of the climate crisis?
Lights out for Sturgeon
The powers she wants will guarantee darkness across Scotland
Vegan diets won’t save us
Not all plant food is virtuous and not all meat and dairy is problematic
Qatar of Hydrogen, Saudi Arabia of Wind
Governments are gambling their economies on the Green agenda — and the people are paying
The weaponisation of national treasures
Expect still more celebrities to join Joanna Lumley in tying their personal brands to the most radical environmental demands
Boris vs Johnson
One is a feel-good gung-ho funster, the other man has to actually run the place
Green gift for China
Failing climate policies create international discord that benefits no one but China
It’s not easy being green…
A border tax on carbon emissions would encourage the markets to solve our green problems
Heil Greta
It’s time for Greta-worshippers to subject her claims to the same scrutiny as other major political figures
The crisis in the universities
A Critic panel brought light as well as heat to the troubled question of higher education
Nicola Sturgeon and the WhatsApp Group of Secrets
Stern but lovable Scot, Professor Sturgeon, would tell us the whole truth…wouldn’t she?
Ukraine’s cross-cultural contradictions
Has Ukraine overcome its legacy of historical antisemitism?
The left-wing defence of free speech
A recent book mounts a rare and powerful, if partly flawed, case for free expression from the Left
The darkness of assisted dying
The desire to end terrible pain is understandable — but the dangers are severe
God save The Kinks
How did four ornery lads rearing up from the post-war English underclass become national treasures?
The problem with securonomics
A genuine strategy for increasing our economic security and resilience as a society would not start with the state
There is no magic bullet for raising birth rates
A complex network of spiritual, cultural and economic factors underpin our fertility slump
The art of Caspar David Friedrich
In our brave new world of modern art, there’s a growing appetite for celebrating the mystery of the natural world
Vanishing act
Jeremy Hunt did not, in fact, pull a rabbit out of his hat
The ongoing reality of Russian imperialism
People rationalising Russian military intervention are betraying their ignorance of Russian history
