Harry Skelton
The reality shows aiming to raise racing’s profile
Racing’s leadership has cottoned on to the fact that jockeys are the key to marketing
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Kemi at the crossroads
Kemi Badenoch cannot tell everybody what they want to hear
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
The man who knew too little
Faced with Mandelson, Starmer offers a bold defence: he didn’t know, and that’s what makes him blameless
Good enough for politics
We should be more willing to declare some political problems solved
Reclaiming Christian nationhood
Linking the Christian faith to our national identity is not radical (or American)
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
The next chapter for The Critic
A request — and an opportunity!
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?