Donald Trump
Trump v Biden: what did we learn from the first presidential debate?
The Critic’s US editor spoke to the publisher and editor of American Greatness, Chris Buskirk
And the horse you rode in on
The first US presidential TV debate, Cleveland, Ohio
Trump is waging asymmetric warfare – and it’s working
Biden came in for some rough treatment in the first presidential debate
Trump is losing. Last night’s ugly debate won’t change that
The president’s theatrics won’t persuade the voters he needs
What’s new for the presidential debates?
The Critic’s political and US editors discuss the upcoming presidential debates
Democrats are right to raise questions about Amy Coney Barrett
Will the Supreme Court’s new justice be able to commit to American secularism?
The making of Donald Trump
In his new book, Gerald Seib asks whether the turn towards nationalism and populism in the US is permanent
Covid and stogies on the campaign trail
A trip through a swing state reveals the complex dynamics of a strangely disembodied presidential race
Letter from Washington: After RBG
The death of a great American shakes up the race for the White House
Capturing the wrong picture
Why bother with accuracy when you can get away with approximation?
In defence of British theological education
Critics should be more optimistic about the new generation of ordinands
Intangible benefits for intangible heritage?
It remains to be seen whether the UK’s Ratification of UNESCO’s Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage will be valuable
Preparing for the worst
How gender critical commentators are preparing for the impact of the Hate Crime and Public Order Act
TransForming London
You deserve to be inclusioned in London’s progressive future
Elgar’s excellence
Elgar: Symphonies (Halle/Oehms)
Michael Gove’s new definition of “extremism” is extremely silly
We cannot define such a vague term with such vague terms
The lonely end of a political failure
Leo Varadkar rode to power on a wave of optimism and is disappearing in a puff of disaffection
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar
The public health fanatics have a new enemy in their sights
How bad is the news on booze?
And how bad are the ideas for curbing consumption?
Playing politics
Parliament was at its most preposterous today
The shadowy economics of fentanyl
One professor is investigating how the deadly drug trade works — and how it might be fought
