Heat Wave
Some like it chilled
Summer is the perfect time for cold soup
The heat is on
We need to rethink our use of water
Why is the BBC so obsessed with drag?
Incessant coverage of drag shows and drag queens has become something of a running joke
Trump: Post-Modernist?
The former — and future? — president has an awkward but interesting relationship with the truth
Reparate good times, come on!
The Critic’s Extremely Factual Guide to Slavery Reparations the UK Most Definitely Owes
Progressive realism
Can Labour’s new foreign policy doctrine work in our troubled world?
Imaginary friends
The idea of a synthetic companion that knows everything about you goes well beyond friendship
Their work here is done
British politicians are very proud of their role in Syria, whatever it was
How the Tories can win again
The new leader of the Conservatives must reach an important, ignored sector
Booze or muse?
Composers have been no slouches when it comes to the sauce
Will Starmer’s immigration gambit backfire?
The prime minister might have opened a box that he cannot close
Rewiring the state
Kemi Badenoch has a plan, though what it involves is anyone’s guess
International courts are largely irrelevant
An institutional spider’s web cannot stop a geopolitical elephant
