Imperfection
Pedigree chums
Patrick Galbraith salutes the perfection of “imperfect” dogs
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
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
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
The original sin
It should not have been difficult to see that there were problems with appointing Peter Mandelson
Peston’s Inbox
Kemi doesn’t give her kids Easter eggs
Institutional feminism against women
The likes of Julia Gillard and Jess Phillips have enabled misogyny
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
Storycraft is soulcraft
A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and heroism after disenchantment
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
Countryside counter-attack
A ban on trail hunting reveals a government more interested in cultural punishment than rural survival
In the trenches
Hannah Betts considers whether the
classic trench coat is the GOAT
Kurdish delight
Witnessing ancient traditions that have endured through fraught and tumultuous histories
The next chapter for The Critic
A request — and an opportunity!