Comedy
The myth of the Larrikin
Barry Humphries was of a more relaxed time
On thin ice
Toxic WhatsApp chats and chalet chauvinism
In Sunak’s house are many rooms
But it might be a tight squeeze
Unpeeling The Onion
How politics kills humour
I’ve got a brand new combine harvester
City lawyer turns rural heartthrob as Keir Starmer woos the farmers
Kettering meets Kiev
A people under threat, and their brave war-time leader — yes, that’s right, its Philip Hollobone
Bananas republic
Helping the dear leader pay the bills was all part of the service in the Glorious People’s Republic of Boris
Your part in my downfall
Hutton reflects on his unsuccessful stint as editor-in-chief of the Critic, and has determined the readers are to blame
I am the lord thy Brexit
Thou shalt have no other Brexits before me
Back in Vogue?
Nova is dreaming of fame and Rishi is trying to get out of the doghouse
In defence of anons
Anonymous accounts did not cause the rioting, so why are they being blamed?
Royals in an online age
Can the royal mystique survive the glare of modern media?
There is more to ethics than “#BeKind”
It is not cruel to fear the consequences of legalising assisted dying
The Tory beauty contest
The good, the bad, the ugly and the downright embarrassing
Bridget Phillipson: culture warrior
The Labour party seems determined to end the culture war — by winning it
Digital killed the analogue man
Despite the seductions of the virtual, we can’t escape our bodies
Why so few men take up the pen
With publishing now such a female-dominated industry, it’s no surprise that there are so few men writing fiction
Great big rain showers
C Schumann/Grieg: Piano concertos (Signum)
The death of conservatism?
Individually and collectively, we must choose life
Brooding blokes
Russian writers loved a pouting, picturesquely pained protagonist
A bore film
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is not just ahistorical, it is dull
