Fiction
Young, gifted — and readerless
Why have we never heard of most of the young writers on the latest “Best of …” list?
Knocking at the door of the Booker Prize
From an old-fashioned tale to a new-fashioned one, with a dash of dystopia
In defence of fandoms
One of the Internet’s villains has a brighter side
Snaps, crackles and Pop Art
Things you didn’t know you were interested in — until someone wrote a good book about them
Pains and pleasures of anticipation
The best sort of debut isn’t actually the author’s first book
Putin, Shute and nukes
How much should we fear nuclear war?
Tabloid fiction
A new book on journalism gets it wrong
Bret Easton Ellis — the enfant terrible who finally grew up
How he at last lived up to his promise
Secret sex lives in Victorian England
Prepare to fall in like with three new books
Standing tall on an uncluttered horizon
The best new fiction of 2022
Getting the creeps
How should we cope with the unsettling in everyday life?
Marianna in the trenches
She wants to dive into the murky depths of social media, but her microphone can only scratch the surface
Was the Budget stupid or malicious?
It is going to fuel youth unemployment
The bastard son of democratic aestheticisation
How Donald Trump made populism funny
A passionate battler for buildings
A manichaean choice between the organic adaptation of old buildings and the beauty of the new
Why the Democrats cannot be populists
It goes against the managerial nature of the party
Developing nations will be forced to choose
Sitting on the fence between China and the USA is unsustainable
The Critic guide to glass ceilings
On the self-made men (and women!) of the Labour Party
Kemi Badenoch has a problem with the truth
From wokeness, to housing, to immigration her words don’t match the facts
Not a relaunch
Is that a PLAN FOR CHANGE in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me?
The triumph of Irish populism
The three major parties went with what is popular, rather than what is right
