Jokes
How dark can humour be?
Laughter — even laughter about morbid things — is part of what makes us human
Legal laughs
Legal “humour” is seldom more than mildly amusing
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
The rise and fall of Star Trek liberalism
We should celebrate real-world achievement rather than identitarian fantasy
From triple lock to price caps
Opinium polling for The Critic reveals the totemic pension policy has entrenched a politics that demands control over growth
The Boston barbarians
The Boston Symphony acted like a New Orleans nightclub owner with a recalcitrant pole-dancer
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
Illuminating shady corners of the soul
Chilling accounts of how men can be destroyed from within
Digging for gold
La fanciulla del West, Opera Holland Park
NigeDosh: an urgent appeal
Tonight’s political coverage is repeatedly interrupted by urgent appeals for charities that may or may not be fictional
Playing by numbers
Attacking the Space:
Inside Rugby’s Tactical and Data
Revolution by Sam Larner
The slow vibe shift
Escaping our “post-cultural state” will not happen overnight
The Arctic circle: a game of ice and fire
The Arctic is fast becoming a hotspot for great power competition
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion