Jihad
Ban Hizb ut-Tahrir
There is no place in Britain for calls for violent mobilisation along religious lines
The curious priorities of the police
Why is gender criticism a more arrestable offence than being pro-jihad?
Don’t ban anti-Israel marches
Principled and pragmatic arguments for prohibition are weak
Snook dazzles as Dorian Gray
Wilde’s preoccupation with beauty and artifice brings a sassy Victorian immorality tale into our own times
When youth becomes period drama
The stakes feel very high when our younger years become the stuff of popular entertainment
The royals needs better PR
We have seen too many royal disasters
And the band played on
Cash crisis in the arts — what’s new?
The 15-minute bait and switch
15-minute cities mean restricted freedom and a town hall traffic-fine bonanza
Cultural Christianity and the vulgar wisdom of memes
Dawkins is caught between the pure idea of rationalism, and the messy meme of cultural Christianity
This is not where I live at all
Cynthia Erivo’s slighting of Sunderland was indicative of British arts establishment beholden to a homogenous, Americanised vision of culture
Is a guaranteed sale fair?
Auction house practices may be distorting the picture
He’s not the messiah, he’s a transwoman
Transsexual Apostate is a disturbing book, written for disturbing times
Introducing Critical Mash
Our new arts podcast, broadcasting from the frontline of the (high) culture war
