Editorial
The Critic books of the year
Reading highlights from our editors and contributors
New Year’s writing resolutions
What I will try to improve in 2023
Elizabeth the Good
We shall not see her like again
Sounds and sweet airs
Classical music is flourishing in Britain — though if you listened to our cultural elite you’d never know it
Queering Chesterton’s Wall
The Critic is moving in a new direction: every direction
Set an example
If the premiership is a monarchy, our kings need better advisers
NatCon lives on
The conference has gone ahead in Brussels despite protests and police action
Kilkenny’s golden age
A fascinating exploration of Irish history could have been better and more comprehensively illustrated
Why this new book will pass unnoticed
Columnist Steve Sailer’s views on genetics and IQ have placed him beyond the pale for bien pensant reviewers
Of course women support women
Men are angry about where women’s money is going? What’s new?
The problem with e-mortality
Techno-utopians are failing reason and failing technology
Less will be better
More students have been worse. Some became dons — they have been worse too
Less than an animal?
It is surely wrong that animal foetuses enjoy more protection under the law than human ones
Vibe supremacy
The right has a coolness problem, and Ben Shapiro rapping is not going to help
Matthew Parris and the illusion of independence
Those in flight from human dependency are the ones who cannot be realistic
End of the Biden farce?
The President’s fragility has been obvious for years — but was he ever in control?
Silence speaks volumes
Lee Anderson speaks out — or, at least, gets someone else to do it for him
