Japan
Japan v China — the history of a rivalry
Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about the centuries-old military rivalry between China and Japan
Pandemic Olympiad
The Tokyo games will be an uncomfortable charade
A fanatic heart
On the 50th anniversary of his public suicide, Nigel Jones reflects on the strange life and bizarre death of the Japanese writer Yukio Mishima
The man who restored Japan
Shinzo Abe has led Japan to overcome its war guilt and emerge as a major global power
Social media and the neoteny trap
The aesthetics of adolescence can be a distraction from the grim potential of the future
Don’t ban anti-Israel marches
Principled and pragmatic arguments for prohibition are weak
There is nothing wrong with rules
People can put down their phones for the duration of concert
Silence speaks volumes
Lee Anderson speaks out — or, at least, gets someone else to do it for him
Recasting the Crown for modern Britain
This progressive historian’s real charge against the monarchic institution is one of “complacency”
Miserable managerialism at Magdalen
Gimmicky stakeholder management is failing the spirit of the university
London’s lamps live on
Thanks to the dedication of the Gasketeers, a beautiful tradition has been saved
Murders for April
April is the cruellest month, breeding detective fiction out of the dry land
Who’s advising the migration advisors?
We deserve more transparency when it comes to who and what influences British immigration policy
The crisis in the universities
A Critic panel brought light as well as heat to the troubled question of higher education
Cricket’s triple threat
Some have the granddaddy knack
