Laura Thompson
The Critic Books Podcast: Heiresses
Having a fortune is not quite all it’s cracked up to be
The broad influence of Aquinas
His influence has been felt in economics as well as philosophy and religion
End of the Biden farce?
The President’s fragility has been obvious for years — but was he ever in control?
The ongoing fiasco of European defence
Starry-eyed talk of continental cooperation obscures the grim reality of competing interests
Should we love the British economy we have?
As another UK steel mill closes, Stephen Bush’s plea for a white collar love-in felt ill-timed
What is academia without scholarship?
Research is an essential feature of academic life
The BBC should remember what it’s for
A public broadcaster should exist for truthful journalism, not fashionable pieties
The fallacy of soft power
The world runs on cold national self interest, not cultural capital
Scary cute
CUTE, a new exhibition at Somerset House is a deliciously unsettling stroll down the uncanny valley
The Conservative betrayal of selective schooling
Grammar schools are great — but there are not enough of them
Made for TV
UK politicians are generally unsure what to think about a subject until the ITV docudrama comes out
What Britain should learn from Singaporean healthcare
How Singapore spends less and sees better outcomes