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Being boring
Why boring clothes are back
Soporific Starmer
The Prime Minister appears to be making a virtue of his own dullness
Francis Bacon’s visceral language
Pain and pleasure are never far away in these portraits
Countdown to energy apocalypse
What will happen when the wind doesn’t blow?
The Critic guide to glass ceilings
On the self-made men (and women!) of the Labour Party
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
In defence of the stiff upper lip
Emotional reserve in public does not mean neglecting our interior lives, it means being serious about them
This is England, nor are we out of it
Englishness isn’t an ethnicity, or even an idea. It’s more like auto-destructive art
It’s the economy, stupid
The US election was another reminder of people’s biggest political priority
Religion without mercy
Progressivism has all the zeal of Christianity, but none of its emphasis on forgiveness
The costs of assisted suicide
The trade-offs are real and extremely serious
The Church of England has to rebuild trust
The next Archbishop must love this church back into health
