Local Elections 2025
How Labour lost the North East
The deep generational loyalty to Labour has frayed to threads
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
The dead-end art of conspiracy
Should art dissect conspiracy theories or immerse itself in them?
The next chapter for The Critic
A request — and an opportunity!
In the trenches
Hannah Betts considers whether the
classic trench coat is the GOAT
Exiles from the Rainbow nation
Race, land and why white South Africans are leaving their homes behind
The Real shooting match
Cue the bogus platitudes that leaders make about sport’s ability to heal divisions
Brexit was not an act of economic self-harm
Whatever you have heard, UK-EU trade is doing just fine
Reclaiming the rule of law
The rule of law was meant to protect liberty — not to be weaponised against democracy
Scotland should reject assisted suicide
It is dangerous, and arrogant, and premised on irrational fears
The banality of Bower
The much-feared biographer is choosing the wrong targets
Get into the groove — why vinyl rocks
On the best sound in popular music