Jeanine Cummins
American Dirty Tricks
When white American author Jeanine Cummins wrote a novel about Mexican refugees a critical firestorm erupted
A real world of consciousness
Communism in Poland was brought down by an underground network of learning, journalism and culture that flourished in defiance of state control
Starmer could do better
Boris would be a more effective leader of the opposition than Sir Keir
Labour’s Wakefield win is nothing to crow over
Maybe turning Labour into the “some-women-have-penises” party isn’t such a popular electoral strategy after all
We mustn’t repeal the Human Rights Act
The European Court of Human Rights is a necessary check against authoritarianism
Russia’s Tsushima moment
Campaign Diary: Putin’s regime is suffering from an old problem — imperial overreach
Inadequately in office
Are there any Tories in the Tory party?
The right to a wrong-time to party
The Prime Minister remains sorry but not sorry
New stories from a very old city
A history as brilliantly labyrinthine as the city it describes
The Critic Books Podcast: Portable Magic
Lucasta Miller discusses Emma Smith’s new book
Sob stories
Real men have grit in their eye
Erwin Schulhoff: Violin sonatas (Orfeo/FHR)
Virtuosity amidst violence