Learwife
The Critic Books Podcast: Learwife
The first episode of The Critic Books Podcast: in conversation with J. R. Thorp.
The costs of assisted suicide
The trade-offs are real and extremely serious
Megalomania
Megalopolis is a gaudy, self-indulgent mess
No, Churchill wasn’t the bad guy
The debate over Britain’s wartime leader has been reignited by an ignorant revisionist account
What does it mean to be Christian?
We are in danger of reducing faith to the shallow depths of personality and politics
The fading fumes of the New Right
None of the Tory candidates offer the chance of an ideological makeover
Debunking the decline deniers
Armed police at Christmas markets are a bad sign however you look at it
Farewell to Larry Siedentop
The great political philosopher, Oxford don, and sage defender of Western liberalism
Religion without mercy
Progressivism has all the zeal of Christianity, but none of its emphasis on forgiveness
A broken Reed
Who did Steve Reed MP annoy to be sent to face the outrage of the farmers?
The failure of the Irish nerve
Politicians are not acting and the public are not forcing them to act
The Critic guide to glass ceilings
On the self-made men (and women!) of the Labour Party
