History
Monuments to self-expression
Serenhedd James finds folly and ruin frequently go together in Rory Fraser’s new release: Follies
When in doubt, do nothing
Attempting to stifle scandals only makes them more lethal, says Nigel Jones
A bank, not a study group
Christopher Fildes delves into the latest instalment of the Bank’s long and voluminous history
Hurst Castle could have been saved
Following the collapse of the sixteenth-century sea fort, Brice Stratford says that the disaster was completely avoidable
We can’t trust the National Trust’s history
How on earth did the National Trust hire a non-historian to do an historian’s job?
What could Harry and Meghan learn from history?
Have the Duke and Duchess of Sussex traded short-term PR advantage for the sake of their future reputations?
BBC iPlayer’s liberal conspiracy theory
Adam Curtis’s six-part history of the modern imagination is an obituary for serious or even semi-serious television
Masters No More: Clement Attlee and the ‘Revolt of the Suburbs’
Holding together working- and middle-class voters has been Labour’s historic Achilles’ heel. Can Keir Starmer do what Clement Attlee couldn’t in 1950?
What kind of government rules by fear?
The spirit of Lockdown has paralysed the country, and the government itself
Why the narrative on Britain’s role in the slave trade is misleading
Britain’s bleak record with the slave trade makes a horrible story, but it is one not helped by getting it wrong
It’s time to stop the rot
Students denounced, lecturers cowed and managers with little interest in truth
Disposable women?
Middle-aged women are routinely ignored and dismissed by society — it is time for that to change
The sentinel sleeps in Lothian
A new book is full of architectural treasures that the Scottish Government should do a better job of treasuring
A sharp satire perfect for Critic readers
We should be giving copies of this magazine away at every screening
How bad is the news on booze?
And how bad are the ideas for curbing consumption?
All smoke and no fire
An Impact Assessment on prohibiting cigarettes is unconvincing
A wilting wallflower
A once ambitious civic project has devolved into the chaos that is London Wall West
Down the primrose WPATH
Responsible medical authorities must reject the dangerous nonsense of gender-affirming care
The passage from India
The failings of Bazball, like the failings of Britain, are becoming more apparent
Common prayer
Britain, and her monarchy, have a language fitted for times of joy and sorrow alike — so why does the Church of England make such poor use of our traditional liturgy?
Ukraine cannot avoid partition
Ukraine must not capitulate and demilitarise, but de-facto partition is now an inevitability
