Fortnum & Mason
We aren’t being served
The closure of Jenners of Edinburgh is an object lesson in how to kill the department store
Oasis: the good boys of rock and roll
For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success
Love, death and drink
Does inspiration really come out of a bottle?
Have we been barking up the wrong tree?
Mark Rowlands believes that humans have a lot to learn from dogs
This is England, nor are we out of it
Englishness isn’t an ethnicity, or even an idea. It’s more like auto-destructive art
The grand Budapest hotel
The Hungarian Prime Minister’s office gives Orbán the space to think
When geek culture was good
A celebration of Spaced
Libyans, Parisians and London Irish
Dry-ish, spare, clear-eyed — rare in a world of literary bloat, sentiment and overstatement
Must-Miss TV
Your regular Critic round-up of the hottest shows and films.
The predictability of subverting expectations
What to expect when you’re expecting your expectations to be subverted
Public sector pay
Bumper pay rises for doctors and teachers are bound to result in higher inflation
Why Twitter needs the libs
Strange as it sounds, we will miss them if they go
