Comedy
The game of laughter
A backstage look at stand-up comedy
Dead policy sketch
Reports of Channel 4’s privatisation have been greatly exaggerated
Royal blush
Boycotting the Crown and handbags at dusk
Davros man
COMUNICATE! COMUNICATE! COMUNICATE!
Pure pantomime
Parliament is putting on quite a show this Christmas
Ghosts of Christmas past
Why Brits love their yuletide horror
Standing tall on an uncluttered horizon
The best new fiction of 2022
Top of the polls
Starmer’s cult of impersonality is frustrating Labour Leninists everywhere
No room at the premier inn
Britain is fully booked this Christmas and won’t be accepting any more lodgers
Normal government will resume shortly
Britain has ground to a halt but its static from 10 Downing Street
Lightweight Kate Winslet
Our most versatile of English roses must accept that one role is beyond even her
The shame of the Oxford Union
A debate on Israel and Palestine was a disgrace
Smacking harms children
Smacking didn’t harm you? Maybe this debate isn’t for you
War, peace and city streets
How English towns survived the Blitz and entered the modern world
Ultra processed arguments
Public health commentators cannot seem to decide what is safe to eat
Reparate good times, come on!
The Critic’s Extremely Factual Guide to Slavery Reparations the UK Most Definitely Owes
Is this what winning looks like?
Reform UK supporters are growing weary of infighting and weak rhetoric
Israel and the danger of perpetual war
Friends of Israel should be alarmed about the prospect of fighting on numerous fronts
When geek culture was good
A celebration of Spaced
Lily Phillips and the importance of feeling
We must remain sensitive to unspoken pain
Marriage matters
We have to fix the foundations of the family
