Dystopian fiction
The Dystopian Age of the Mask
How Ernst Jünger predicted the ubiquity of masks
Is the Women’s Equality Party really for women?
The WEP has been neutered by the same sexist stereotypes it claims to fight against
Whatever happened to the polymath?
Professor Jeremy Black talks to The Critic’s political editor, Graham Stewart, about the idea of the Renaissance Man
Are conservatives losing?
Conservative parties may be good at winning elections but have they lost the argument?
A little too mature
In Brideshead, the overriding feeling is that surely the punchline is to come. It never does
Melancholy of obsolete futures
Alexander Adams on Soviet Brutalism and where to read about it
A quick exit…
Our way of death has become increasingly mawkish. Far better to opt for a swift cremation, without frills or power ballads
Indira Gandhi: a gift from the gods?
How India’s first – and only – female prime minister exploited a Hindu goddess
It is high time to modernise our education system
We don’t need a revolution in education, just give kids more choice
Hail to the Chief (Part III)
Graham Stewart talks to Jeremy Black about how the power of the US president was exercised in the first half of the twentieth century, from Teddy Roosevelt to FDR
“E” for effort
Exams fiasco: Gavin Williamson has failed