collector
Women can have short hair, too
Pseudo-progressives are resurrecting gender stereotypes
World Government or Peoples’ Governments?
As the nation state system falters, we are faced with a choice between centre and periphery
Ethnic identity is fine, as long as you’re not English
In the corridors of power, every ethnic grievance is welcome — except for the concerns of the English
Anger and intuition
Mieczyslaw Weinberg: String quartets 6, 13, 15 (Chandos)
Disaster zone
It’s a big job says Keir Starmer, and it’s not our mess we’ll be clearing up
No lessons learned from lockdown
Despite all the nuance and retrospective moderation, the Covid inquiry leaves us no closer confronting the failures of technocracy
Rosemary Sutcliff
A writer of genius, capable of conveying the feelings and lives of those who lived in the distant past
Shattered illusions
The record of the authorities defies denials of two-tier policing
Degrees of scepticism
Overseas students never came to Britain so they could bring their children, it’s a coincidence
No dog in this fight
A Labour government will bring fresh disasters to replace the old Tory ones, but the Critic will continue its policy of honest criticism