Irony
Ironic fascism
Taboo-breaking counterculture paved the way for the return of the very fascism it claimed to subvert
Make a bonfire of Dr Seuss
Titania McGrath on how book burning is the only way to defeat fascism
Town vs clown
Claudia Savage-Gore baulks at the idea of decamping to the shires
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Where hatreds meet
Antisemitism and misogyny have a lot in common
From triple lock to price caps
Opinium polling for The Critic reveals the totemic pension policy has entrenched a politics that demands control over growth
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
Tedious transgression
The mainstreaming of porn is dangerous, hypocritical and very, very boring
Strange new world
A new art history hinges on a proleptic reading of Edwardian history
What is the CID for?
Zac Brettler’s short life and mysterious death
Facing demons
On the highs and lows of demonic infestation
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
One deuce of a decider
This is it, when you look into the abyss and the abyss looks back into you
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening