Karachi
The Critic Books Podcast: Edgware Road
A debut story of family mystery and intrigue — set between London, Oxford, and Karachi
Israel and the danger of perpetual war
Friends of Israel should be alarmed about the prospect of fighting on numerous fronts
Invasion literature
It couldn’t happen here. Right?
Perfect victims and a tale of two films
Don’t idealise victims — listen to them
The right to learn at home
Home education is a powerful alternative to the box-ticking of state schooling
The Critic guide to glass ceilings
On the self-made men (and women!) of the Labour Party
The odd world of Peter Oborne
How has a far-sighted conservative commentator fallen so far?
Britain needs an actual leader of the opposition
Rishi Sunak is doing nothing to hold Keir Starmer to account
BBC Verify’s Bangladesh blunder
In trying to combat misinformation, the BBC has spread its own
Don’t Cry for Me, Diego Garcia
A small island is in trouble, foreigners are probably up to no good, and the Tories are yomping to the rescue
The failure of the Irish nerve
Politicians are not acting and the public are not forcing them to act
Allyship on easy mode
The inclusive message of Will & Harper obscures the harder questions of the “gender wars”
