Italian
Crepuscular perfection
There’s a new Tuscan restaurant in town — and it’s a success
Requiem for a bad meal
Lisa Hilton mourns the pleasure of good company – even in a cynically awful faux Italian in Berlin
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Irish anti-Israel agitation is out of control
Anti-Israel sentiments among Irish nationalists are irrational and opportunistic
Talent and temptation
William Walton: Two symphonies
The chairwoman of the board
A story driven at a whip-crack pace, pulsing with manic energy and nail-biting
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
The Symphony’s Indian summer
Imagine hearing a symphony for the first time
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
Student Loans don’t add up
a fairer way out of a
disastrous policy mess
Hope and stories
Bicinia (Claves)
Keir factor
The prime minister must feel as if he faces the Plagues of Egypt
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh
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