Journalism
Britain needs the Jewish Chronicle
The JC is halfway between a shul and a shvitz
Unfairness, libel and the future of defamation cases
A libel claim to be considered this week not only threatens the claimant’s reputation, but also the precedent of the public interest test
Good luck…
David Goodhart wishes The Critic every success
The problem with Rachel Reeves’s pension pretensions
Bigger funds are not the key to effective investments
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
Look on our works, ye voters, and despair
Nothing beside remains except the colossal wreck of the Tory Party
Plane English
On pyjamas and private jets
In praise of Elon Musk
He deserves respect for his defence of free expression online
A worthy but deeply flawed attack on woke
A distinct lack of charity when evaluating the motivations and goals of others
St. Vincent
The acclaim is excessive but the talent undeniable
In defence of hereditary peers
Starmer’s spiteful plan for the Lords breaks an important intergenerational contract
Art sales slump
Real world issues have quenched the post-COVID euphoria
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
Was Houellebecq right?
Reassessing the French novelist vilified for forecasting the Islamicisation of France
