King Lear
Mad for this fresh take on King Lear
Farber’s casting and concept feels assured
King Leer
Johnson is approaching the Raving On A Heath stage of his leadership
The Critic Books Podcast: Learwife
The first episode of The Critic Books Podcast: in conversation with J. R. Thorp.
Is this just fantasy?
Sir Brian May is wrong: farmers do care
Homes for heroes
MPs are committed public servants who need accomodation in London to do their job
Save us from the menopause mystique
“Menopausal” products make life more rather than less alienating
Oxford elects
Meet the denizens of Oxford’s disenchanted garden currently competing for the university’s top sinecure
It is good to challenge kids
That which makes us anxious can also make us strong
Could there be a Reform revolution?
Reform’s Welsh Conference brimmed with optimism — but can that be translated into success?
Israel and the danger of perpetual war
Friends of Israel should be alarmed about the prospect of fighting on numerous fronts
Ethnic identity is fine, as long as you’re not English
In the corridors of power, every ethnic grievance is welcome — except for the concerns of the English
The kindest of ghosts
A new history of childhood reading is a treasure
Graduation blues
On the sad decline of the British university
Free speech is fascist
Words must be controlled to ensure that Starmer’s subjects behave themselves
