Learwife
The Critic Books Podcast: Learwife
The first episode of The Critic Books Podcast: in conversation with J. R. Thorp.
Oasis: the good boys of rock and roll
For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success
Allyship on easy mode
The inclusive message of Will & Harper obscures the harder questions of the “gender wars”
The British state is failing to protect women
Misogyny, rape and sectarian violence go increasingly unchallenged in the UK
Procedural Man
The Process is good, the Process is correct, no matter what, trust the Process
Booze or muse?
Composers have been no slouches when it comes to the sauce
Living the good life
The rising middle classes were decisive in shaping the late 19th century English town
Why Christian culture is essential to education
It deeply informed our art and our ideas
The rise of suburbia
The English experiment in liminal living
“Trope” is not a synonym of “lie”
You cannot dismiss an argument by calling it a trope
Gifted children
How does one wrap a bank transfer?
People of Colour television
How to unpick the progressive contradictions of colour-blind casting
