Grimsby
Austin Mitchell: Always independent
The former Grimsby MP who championed Brexit long before it was popular
Bring back Victorian YIMBY-ism
We cling to the buildings our 19th century forebears left behind, but they would decry our squeamishness
Murders for June
Classic settings conceal psychological rawness and sinuously convoluted mysteries
We mustn’t repeal the Human Rights Act
The European Court of Human Rights is a necessary check against authoritarianism
The solipsistic siren
The sexual liberation and unrequited search of Nancy Cunard emblematises 1920s Paris
And never the twain shall meet?
A lineup of new books tackle the thorny China problem
The many rooms of British law
Has British legislation become too complex to be understood?
What is a woman?
Laura Dodsworth interviews Matt Walsh, the man behind the controversial new film on gender
Why are TRAs body-shaming J.K. Rowling?
In the discourse about “TERFs”, vicious misogyny is never far from the surface
The Critic Books Podcast: Cult writers
How does a writer become a figure of cultish renown?
Old Labour blues
Could the future of conservatism be on the left?
Irish irredentism?
You can’t back a “United Ireland” whilst condemning “Greater Hungary”