Detective novels
Murders for June
Classic settings conceal psychological rawness and sinuously convoluted mysteries
Murders for late December
Not all is grim and gloom in the British Library’s Tales of the Weird series
What do detective novels tell us about the period in which they were written?
Professor Jeremy Black sifts through the evidence with Graham Stewart
Something has gone very wrong with “human rights”
When the “rights” of foreign sex criminals are being prioritised above the safety of Britons, we need change
Getting the creeps
How should we cope with the unsettling in everyday life?
Living the good life
The rising middle classes were decisive in shaping the late 19th century English town
Opposing big government means opposing climate change
We need a market-led course to net zero
People of Colour television
How to unpick the progressive contradictions of colour-blind casting
Ozi the Orangutan is no Winnie-the-Pooh
A misguided attack on palm oil production is enough to make you facepalm
Why Tony Hinchcliffe’s jokes didn’t work
It is very hard to blend comedy and politics
You reap what you sow
Poor Daniel Zeichner was left to face the outrage that the Budget had caused
Don’t bet on green energy
Groupthink has blinded us into backing solar and wind. Will a big short make us see sense?
The Critic guide to glass ceilings
On the self-made men (and women!) of the Labour Party
Cardinal win
Conclave is a political drama and a closed-room mystery rolled into one
