Karachi
The Critic Books Podcast: Edgware Road
A debut story of family mystery and intrigue — set between London, Oxford, and Karachi
An unconvincing case against the UNRWA
It should take more evidence to strip the Palestinians of essential support
The crisis in the universities
A Critic panel brought light as well as heat to the troubled question of higher education
How capitalism gave women leisure
Feminist anti-capitalists are spinning delusions about economic history
Live not by kayfabe
The dark side of professional wrestling is the dark side of institutional life
Are we suffering from generational sink?
How can the young find meaning and coherence in the future?
It’s the only one for me, nicotine
Once again, public health fanaticism is being prioritised over simple pleasures
When classicists attack classics
Sanskrit isn’t the only ancient language to be affected by academic imperialism
Davie, Davie, give us some answers do
Why the BBC keeps obscuring the truth of sex and gender
A Phoenix rises
Professor Jo Phoenix’s legal triumph is also a triumph for free speech
Let the blood-letting begin
The Conservative Party must change radically if it is ever to gain power again
Rugby’s debt to Mrs T
Rugby league was transformed from a fringe working-class activity into part of national life
