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.
The sorry strategy
Reparations are a deeply dangerous strategy in the carnivorous world of geopolitics
When the farmers took on Starmer
It was an inspiring day in London as farmers resisted Labour’s class warfare
The expensive problem with the minimum wage
Higher wages for some, perhaps, but joblessness for others
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We found the prawns you so thoughtfully left behind the radiator, but there’s still something here, isn’t there?
How to win at Monopoly
Once you’ve amassed your empire, ruthlessness must be the name of the game
Medieval treasures of Germany
Aachen and the great temples of medieval Europe seem like vast spiritual power stations
The grand Budapest hotel
The Hungarian Prime Minister’s office gives Orbán the space to think
How should we teach about the Holocaust?
Keir Starmer’s social engineering aims seem ill-conceived
In praise of Elon Musk
He deserves respect for his defence of free expression online
Graduation blues
On the sad decline of the British university
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