Daniel Radcliffe
Braving the goblet of fire
Nick Cohen salutes J.K. Rowling, whose latest work reflects her burning sense of justice and refusal to take the easy route
Reparate good times, come on!
The Critic’s Extremely Factual Guide to Slavery Reparations the UK Most Definitely Owes
From El-Alamein to Ukraine
How has the nature of warfare changed since World War Two?
Libyans, Parisians and London Irish
Dry-ish, spare, clear-eyed — rare in a world of literary bloat, sentiment and overstatement
More than one way to skin a cat
The thing about formulae is that they’re an aid, not a guide
Free speech is fascist
Words must be controlled to ensure that Starmer’s subjects behave themselves
Ultra processed arguments
Public health commentators cannot seem to decide what is safe to eat
Eric Fogey
Dr Fogey genuinely does believe that virtually every enlightened measure of the past 200 years was a mistake
AI is a terrible poet
It has no sense for true meaning and beauty in language
Transformation of a wasteland
Surviving buildings lend texture to the development, a sense of it having a history
Killing time
Parliament is making the world a better place, one death at a time