J.R. Thorp
The Critic Books Podcast: Learwife
The first episode of The Critic Books Podcast: in conversation with J. R. Thorp.
Doublespeak about assisted suicide
The campaign for assisted suicide is distinctly Orwellian
The uneasy aftermath of the Austrian elections
Will the Austrian establishment close ranks against the Freedom Party?
A constructive opposition
The age of Badenoch is off to a suitably farcical start
In the city
From the suburbs to the estates
The price of victory
Benjamin Netanyahu has won battles, but there is no foreseeable end to the war
Conservatives can no longer trust institutions
Institutions are only as effective as the people within them and the culture beyond them
Debunking the decline deniers
Armed police at Christmas markets are a bad sign however you look at it
Less than the sum of its parts
Eugene Onegin, Royal Opera
Sinn Féin sullied the cenotaph
Apologists for terrorism should have had nothing to do with Remembrance Sunday
Make high culture popular again
We need to face the music and embrace the highbrow
The costs of assisted suicide
The trade-offs are real and extremely serious
