Covid
You’ll need to have your eyes tested
Dominic Cummings’s long and winding road to Barnard Castle
The wisdom of agony aunts
Advice columns are conforming to the outlook of their publication
Defending a sticky wicket
Supporting Dom Cummings, Grant Shapps is the Boycott of press conference performers
A new student experience
Covid-19 has left universities in crisis – and provided an opportunity to reform a bloated system
Waiting for normal
Why lockdown is the perfect time to read Samuel Beckett
A heavenly perspective
Thoughts on the plague with St Pauls’ greatest dean, John Donne
Back to school…or is remote learning enough for now?
And is there a point to counter-factual history?
In Defence of Neil Ferguson
Simon Anthony responds to Toby Young’s and Ben Lewis’s criticism of Neil Ferguson
Open your third eye
Glastonbury against the machine
Democratic capitalism on holiday: the buffet
Is the sophisticated joy of the buffet coming to an end?
Campus confidential
Inside the secret Cambridge societies hiding their unfashionable views
Soothing sounds in time of war
There are expectations going back to 1948 that musicians turn up to provide relief
Profile: Noam Chomsky
The American linguistics professor who is forever at odds with his country
A sharp satire perfect for Critic readers
We should be giving copies of this magazine away at every screening
The misanthropic history man
Yuval Noah Harari has become an intellectual superstar, but his predictions have become wilder and sillier
After the Cass Review
Our elected politicians need more independence from partial lobbyists
Web of lies
We can combat misinformation with scepticism and content provenance technology
Chinese whispers
Oliver Dowden’s tough talk on Chinese hacking is less than wholly convincing
Plain Janeites
For all their admirable dedication, keepers of the Austen flame cannot be so protective
The truth about London Bridge
Flawed narratives should not distort historical memory of the planning for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II
Essential all-embracing warmth
Gidon Kremer: Songs of Fate (ECM)
