Cult
The Critic Books Podcast: Cult writers
How does a writer become a figure of cultish renown?
The cult of the father
A memoir of a family pulled apart by the cult of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
It’s the economy, stupid
The US election was another reminder of people’s biggest political priority
The uneasy aftermath of the Austrian elections
Will the Austrian establishment close ranks against the Freedom Party?
“Trope” is not a synonym of “lie”
You cannot dismiss an argument by calling it a trope
How H&W hit the iceberg
The opportunism and ineptitude that brought Belfast’s shipbuilding industry to its knees
Lock her up
And, simultaneously, let him go
The Club of Wrong
The Club of Rome are back and dumber than ever
Stolen moments
Smoking is a precious social currency in a fast atomising world
Anti-Christian bias is rife in Employment Tribunals
If you’re Christian, you can no longer count on a fair hearing in workplace disputes
The case for Badenoch
She has a chance to capitalise on Starmer’s weakness
Digital killed the analogue man
Despite the seductions of the virtual, we can’t escape our bodies
Fleeing Sally Rooney’s god
Why have critics been ignoring one of the novelist’s most important themes?
