Covid Variant
WHO knows best
Why are we confusing ourselves with greek variant names?
The limits of optimism
Like Mr Stimpson in the film Clockwise, Boris Johnson is learning about the perils of fostering hope
Accidental Orientalism
Britain has been reduced to selling a cheap simulacrum of its history
The sadness of AI boyfriends
Technology can make romance frictionless and sterile
Britain should get serious about organised crime
We underestimate how much crime is the work of small, nasty groups of people
Rite of autumn
Labour is celebrating the harvest and definitely not sacrificing pensioners in the hopes that the gods grant us plenty in the coming fiscal year
Cultural appropriation is here to stay
So-called cultural appropriation is an American obsession, cheerfully ignored by a fast globalising world
The same old song
A reboot of nineties favourite Le Caprice is more museum than restaurant
Must-Miss TV
Your regular Critic round-up of the hottest shows and films.
The bizarre campaign against Physician Associates
The interests of doctors are being elevated above the interests of patients
Release the hounds
The best university sport? Beagling
Am I prepared to help my mum die?
Euthanasia poses impossible questions about life and death
Three decades of broken promises on immigration
Time and time again, Labour and the Conservatives have failed to deliver on their pledges
