J.R. Thorp
The Critic Books Podcast: Learwife
The first episode of The Critic Books Podcast: in conversation with J. R. Thorp.
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
The price is right
Stories about outrageously profligate eating have the appeal of scandal
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
What if the AI bubble bursts?
Arguing that an AI bubble is a good thing reeks of techno-optimist complacency
Cry sod Harry, England and St George
Why aren’t people proud to be English?
Britain needs the Med mindset
We have to adapt to the sweatier realities of a changing climate
Election objections
Andy Burnham doesn’t need a general election mandate
Labour’s toxic medicine
The more they treat the symptoms of decline, the worse things get
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
Whip smart
Threatening the whipping system would be alarmingly stupid