Interview
Surviving the straits of hell
An old press cutting provided the key to a defiant tale of life after Auschwitz
What makes a Penguin Classic?
Alexander Larman talks to the Creative Editor of Penguin Classics, Henry Eliot about what makes a ‘modern classic’
Malaysia’s former PM says the French think insulting people is “a human right”
Kapil Komireddi interviews Dr Mahathir Mohamad about the decapitation of Samuel Paty in France, China’s treatment of Muslims, Kashmir, Brexit, and Jewish influence.
The Critic Interview: Grayson Perry
Richard Brooks accompanies the Turner Prize-winning artist around his new show and explores his troubled pre-therapy youth
The political disruptor
Jon Moynihan: The flamboyant businessman who played a key role in Brexit
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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
Anti-gambling campaigners need a reality check
Affordability checks on punters are counter-productive
How to build a Europe of the peripheries
Resetting Britain’s relations with the EU should not mean being beholden to France and Germany
Britain needs a moral core
The UK’s greatest vulnerability isn’t its weakened military but its lack of spiritual depth
The judge’s verdict
Much of what is passed off as sport is no such thing
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
The disunited kingdom
The establishment must confront the disturbing realities of sectarian politics in the UK
Zurbarán on Freud’s couch
An acclaimed new exhibition is full of overwrought symbolism and compositional failures
Women who play along …
It’s only natural when you come across the aftermath of a collision to wonder who was to blame.
The Hollywood starlet and the immigration albatross
Free marketeers were too content to ignore the negative externalities of immigration
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
That viral Reddit post does not say a lot about society
Don’t confuse your caricature of your outgroup for the real thing