Fourteenth century
Old-fashioned history
Sceptred Isle: A New History of the Fourteenth Century by Helen Carr
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why tradition, not utopia, protects expression
Free expression thrives on human frailty, debate, and tradition — not on utopian zeal or moral legislation
Selling the commons
How Britain put a price on nature
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works
The tyranny of memes
Modern would-be assassins are products of the internet
Cry sod Harry, England and St George
Why aren’t people proud to be English?
Beware the British ICE
Mass deportation of Muslims will not solve antisemitism, but feed feelings of alienation
A range of Stratford anecdotes
The Walliams dilemma
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
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