Gardening
The Critic Books Podcast: The Gardener
On this episode of The Critic Books podcast, Francesca Peacock speaks to Salley Vickers about The Gardener
Digging a new scene
Thomas Woodham-Smith discovers the joys of gardenalia
Everlasting beauty
Dried flowers are back in vogue, says Hephzibah Anderson
A word to the wise
The plants are listening, says Hephzibah Anderson
Please sit down
Take a moment to enjoy your plot, says Hephzibah Anderson
Pick of the bunch
Garden flowers are for posies
The potting shelf
You can grow without a garden
The rule of sixty
Save your shrubs with a slug pub, says Hephzibah Anderson
Training nature
Hephzibah Anderson reveals how RHS Bridgewater illustrates some of the tensions inherent in our newfound appreciation of what remains a highly curated kind of nature
Rites of spring
The roar of the mower is a sign of life, says Hephzibah Anderson
The Critic
No they haven’t put the mag on the silver screen just yet, but its still worth watching
Why can’t there be more vampires?
Bloodsucking, in various more or less metaphorical guises, is after all opera’s happiest place
We need more have-yachts
The tragedy of the Bayesian highlights a wider issue about our lack of ambition
Don’t trust the Runnymede Trust
The law is too indulgent of political charities
St. Vincent
The acclaim is excessive but the talent undeniable
In defence of hereditary peers
Starmer’s spiteful plan for the Lords breaks an important intergenerational contract
Escaping the digital dark age
We cannot rely on digital media to preserve our art and knowledge
Hot desking
We, the special advisers of the Labour Party, seek justice!
The Church of England’s race to the bottom
The Church of England should not be putting ideology before history
The Tory beauty contest
The good, the bad, the ugly and the downright embarrassing
A craven surrender
The handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius represents a mindless and unjust capitulation to a foreign power
