Journalism
The blind eye turned to Barrow
What’s not newsworthy about fascists, Islamists, grooming and death threats to journalists?
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
Most Read
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Knowingly crass and conflicted
This American culture is hegemonic because even to steal from it is to propel it
Art: my part in its downfall
Pierre d’Alancaisez was part of the
contemporary art world’s inner circle until
he saw the error of his ways
Unusual summer reds
Think exotic spices, maraschino cherries and curly shoes
Sex, success and failure
Sarah Ditum talks with songwriter Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy
Why must everything move to Manchester?
Northern England is being framed in patronising reductionist terms
Hurry hurry to Chop Chop
Gambling on Cantonese cuisine
The Ghost Dance of Rejoin
There is no real argument for rejoining the EU — and nobody makes one
Antisemitism and the Islamic connection
Antisemitic sentiments in Islamic theology cannot be overlooked or obscured
AI podcasts give me the creeps
The more we outsource to AI, the more forgettable our cultural output is going to be
The excesses of intellectual illiberalism
Justified dissatisfaction with liberal modernity has curdled into something alarmist and authoritarian
The Bible in the dock
Free speech for Christians is still under assault