Dress
In praise of the proper winter coat
We have nothing to lose but our puffer jackets
Dress better for England
A tie that binds might be an actual tie
The acme of nightwear
Today there is really only one pyjama maker worth climbing into bed with
Walk tall in these shoes
If you buy the best kit, it will last much longer
Clothes maketh the nation
How servants of the Crown dress is not trivial. It refl ects Britain’s decline
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Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Eat less chicken
Industrial farming is bad for the environment but it is also cruel
DeepMind delusion
The superstar Demis Hassabis is on a mission to create a God-like superintelligence
Selling the commons
How Britain put a price on nature
These violent delights
Pagliacci made the murder the true apex of the show
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
The real problem with rigmarole
A journalistic focus on proceduralism distracts us from deeper political questions
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
Why there will probably be no early election
It would be all but impossible to build an attractive but realistic manifesto
From triple lock to price caps
Opinium polling for The Critic reveals the totemic pension policy has entrenched a politics that demands control over growth
A profound Tory
Simon Heffer’s biography of Enoch Powell very much deserves revisiting