Frank Capra
Is it still a wonderful life?
The values Frank Capra celebrated seem to be fading in our times
Release the hounds
The best university sport? Beagling
When the music stopped
A reflection on the inexorable decline of arts education and the rise of knee-jerk politics and managerialism
The authorities are inept sheriffs of social media
Politicians, the police and the judiciary should stop trying to control a landscape they do not understand
Violence is a feature of porn, not a bug
Aggression towards women permeates the most popular pornography
The hollowness of postliberalism
Its vagueness and sentimentality encourage political opportunism
Is Cheltenham beyond parody?
A books bash these days has to offer Geri and Geoff Hurst and that bloke out of Radiohead
The Age of Coles
The former vicar is perfectly suited for the Starmer years
The meaning of depoliticisation
How the establishment made political questions unanswerable
The grim quasi-religious doctrine of “unconscious bias training”
Baroness Royall’s commitment to the idea should concern Oxford students, academics and administrators
In praise of Elon Musk
He deserves respect for his defence of free expression online
The Critic guide to glass ceilings
On the self-made men (and women!) of the Labour Party
