Compassion
Caution is killing compassion
If we go looking for problematic speech, we’ll probably find it
The happy-clappy compassion mask
Ewa and Mateusz Dymek say cruelty is being masked by compassion
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
The disunited kingdom
The establishment must confront the disturbing realities of sectarian politics in the UK
From triple lock to price caps
Opinium polling for The Critic reveals the totemic pension policy has entrenched a politics that demands control over growth
The name game
Nominative determinism is a rich seam to be mined in sport
A revolutionary king
The monarch’s vision of “harmony” will have lasting impact
A win for academic freedom
The university free speech complaints scheme is (finally) going ahead
Trump will not discredit Europe’s populist right
European populism is a lot deeper than mere Trumpism
Sport’s regime changes
Canadian snooker has gone the way of Hungarian table tennis
Ancient bones of contention
The burgeoning and irregulated market for dinosaur skeletons
Kurdish delight
Witnessing ancient traditions that have endured through fraught and tumultuous histories
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing