David Pannick
Supreme maestro
Watching Lord Pannick QC addressing 11 justices of the Supreme Court is like watching one of the great maestros conducting a symphony orchestra
Of course we need opera
Click-hungry editors should stop enabling philistinism
I love a “dream home” nightmare
What disasters will strike the family next? You almost expect a tsunami
Killing the good Samaritans
In the face of monstrous violence, we are losing control of our public spaces
The whores and mores of Hanoverian London
The (not so) gentlemen of 18th-century London were a libidinous lot
No dog in this fight
A Labour government will bring fresh disasters to replace the old Tory ones, but the Critic will continue its policy of honest criticism
The sincere insincerity of centrism
Politicians cannot but seem like they’re lying even when they genuinely aren’t lying
Europe invaded
We must heed the warnings from Hungary and Poland about migration
The dark horse of Durban
The work of Roy Campbell does not deserve to be ignored
Culture war, what is it good for?
Women will continue to battle for our rights
The new Scotland
Scottish culture is narrowing and secularising under the influence of a strident liberal elite