Hungary
Stop monstering Hungary
Our brave author put his head in the mouth of the Hungarian dragon
Our man in Hungary
The past is never very far away in Adam LeBor’s new thriller
Land of his birth
Little of the Hungarian aristocrats’ world remains, except a few crumbling buildings — and Count Bánffy’s stories
Thirty years on: blood and hatred in the Balkans
Adam LeBor recalls terror and surreal moments of calm in Eastern Europe
Letter from Budapest
Tibor Fischer discovers the first of many Roger Scruton cafés
Hungarian Serenade (Naxos)
The outstanding Offenburg String Trio play a gripping compilation of some of the most richly coloured and painfully consequential music you are ever likely to hear
Is there a cultural Iron Curtain emerging in Europe?
Central and eastern European states want a better standard of living, but not at the cost of their sovereignty
Hajdúszoboszló on my mind
Tibor Fischer in Budapest muses on Hungary’s fractious political alliance
Cheap at the price
Political donations are the highest grossing investments you’ll ever make
“Bold vision”
An action or choice can perfectly well be bold without being good
The case for Jenrick
He can reform the party and take on Labour
Terence Rattigan
The subtly subversive chronicler of Englishness still makes grown men cry
Escaping the digital dark age
We cannot rely on digital media to preserve our art and knowledge
The sadness of AI boyfriends
Technology can make romance frictionless and sterile
The odd world of Peter Oborne
How has a far-sighted conservative commentator fallen so far?
The Critic guide to glass ceilings
On the self-made men (and women!) of the Labour Party
In praise of Elon Musk
He deserves respect for his defence of free expression online
From the monstrous to the grotesque
Hitler’s cult of charismatic leadership is indistinguishable from the ideology of National Socialism
Murders for November
Another mélange of murders, from Japan to Scotland
