Jordan Gray
Clickbait criticism
A depressing, inarticulate complaint of a generation too paralysed even to make art
The golden age of criticism?
There are good reasons why serious writers no longer review in the national press
International courts are largely irrelevant
An institutional spider’s web cannot stop a geopolitical elephant
Alive and flicking
A game invented by a man named Adolph might have been a hard sell to the British public, but it was an instant hit
Can Nigel Farage do his job?
Against the grim passivity of British politics
The bastard son of democratic aestheticisation
How Donald Trump made populism funny
Kemi Badenoch’s “ming vase” must be shattered
The Conservative candidate should not be allowed to escape scrutiny
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)
The same old song
A reboot of nineties favourite Le Caprice is more museum than restaurant
Folly, fantasy and Britain’s defence crisis
Britain has spent scarce resources in support of the fantasy of “Global Britain”