Gambling
Do Conservative front runners always lose?
It’s always hard to tell who’ll win and who’ll be sent to the glue factory
Don’t let the bookies’ cry for freedom fool you
Desperate to win Conservative hearts and minds, the gambling industry is pulling the cheapest trick in the book
Stinger stung
A professional gambler who sued for £7.7 million has unwittingly led the Supreme Court to redefine honesty
“Forced”
Here they walk, they can do no other
Social media platforms are still stifling debate
Platforms like Instagram and Eventbrite should learn that a belief in biological sex does not amount to “hate”
Lockdowns and the problem with science-based policy
Evidence in politics is great, but what evidence and to what ends?
Boris comes down from the mountain
Is he the Tory messiah, or just a very naughty boy?
Please look after this bear
A bedraggled Rishi Sunak chases the pity vote
The scourge of EDI
It is patronising, divisive and anti-meritocratic
A rollicking, great Kiss Me Kate
Musical and artistic brio can transcend the “problematic”
The “shameless disrespect” of Judith Butler
The celebrated academic is too ideological to understand and accept different opinions
Whole lotta Love
She makes your average rapper look like a Quaker
Killing with kindness
Cull of the Wild: Killing in the Name of Conservation. By Hugh Warwick
A short guide to voting in the general election
From Gorgeous George to the Newark Chainsaw Massacre, the Critic brings you a selectively exhaustive guide to the parties running in 2024
