General Election 2024
Sweet vengeance could turn sour
Anti-Conservative right-wingers should be careful what they wish for
The stultification of the liberal mind
Ed Davey’s anti-political campaign is darker than it looks
The Conservatives have been too soggy, not too harsh
Their voters expected them to cut taxes and immigration — they did the opposite
At least somebody’s having fun
Ed Davey grows more cheerful the sadder Rishi Sunak gets
It’s our party and we’ll cry if we want to
Women face grim choices in the forthcoming election
Rishi Sunak losing will be a blessed relief
The Conservatives should be put out of their misery
The problem with Nigel Farage
The maverick Reform leader might be entertaining, but he is also unreliable
Keir has much to fear
Keir Starmer should enjoy the election campaign because he may not enjoy the demands of power
How Reform can reform itself
Reform can be major player — but it will take good sense and dedication
The case against “Zero Seats”
Despite everything, some Conservatives still deserve to win
Two cheers for pedestrianisation
Pedestrianisation cannot solve all of Oxford Street’s problems
Oasis: the good boys of rock and roll
For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success
A nuclear nothing?
Is Russia’s new nuclear doctrine hot air, or an explosive new factor in world affairs?
The art of violence
High jinks in the Groucho Club are small beer when compared to the misdeeds of their artist ancestors
Against autumn
Throw away your Pumpkin Spice Lattes
The fading fumes of the New Right
None of the Tory candidates offer the chance of an ideological makeover
Graduation blues
On the sad decline of the British university
The Bezos behemoth
Behind the logistics miracle are some troubling stories
London and the laggards
In the eighteenth century London was booming, but many towns weren’t doing so well
The Critic
No they haven’t put the mag on the silver screen just yet, but its still worth watching
Who Should Be The Next Archbishop of Canterbury?
With the shock resignation of Justin Welby, who will the Great British Public select to lead the Church of England?
