Jonathan Swift
Gulliver’s travails
Gekoski focuses the protagonist’s nightmarish vilification around the career and writings of Jonathan Swift
The myth of the latest thing
Can Northern Irish politics evolve beyond nationalism and republicanism?
A successful account of the disastrous
When the Dust Settles is a record of an achingly human response to chaos and emergency
Censored speech
The Queen’s speech revealed a government failing to protect free expression
Busting the myth of the Phantom Major
Thread by thread, Mortimer unpicks the lies of David Stirling’s life
The Critic Books Podcast: Portable Magic
Lucasta Miller discusses Emma Smith’s new book
We mustn’t repeal the Human Rights Act
The European Court of Human Rights is a necessary check against authoritarianism
A prayer for the Holocaust dead
Extra-judicial killing and its long aftermath forms the core of Linda Kinstler’s remarkable new book
Tory Story
Playtime is never over in Westminster
There’s nothing rebellious about Green “protests”
Elites accept most of their premises already
The new cricket mindset
How England found their mojo
In defence of non-conforming kids
Inclusivity is forcing children into boxes