London Skyline
City of pricks
London is no longer a Victorian city constructed on a medieval street plan, but a collection of cheapskate towers and characterless streets
If Donald Trump wins, it’s over
Three assassination attempts prove irrefutably that Trump is guilty of inciting violence
Advertisements for themselves
Michael Craig-Martin and the sad afterlife of conceptual art
Explaining reality to Ed Miliband
You can’t ban baking and eat cake
Out of power for half a century
As the Conservatives face the prospect of a long spell in opposition, they must heed the lessons of their predecessors
The grim quasi-religious doctrine of “unconscious bias training”
Baroness Royall’s commitment to the idea should concern Oxford students, academics and administrators
Tom Stoppard’s Hampstead drama
Best not try to memorise this deceptive Connect Four of relationships — just get into the flow
Enthralling eclecticism
Roberto Gerhard: Don Quixote, &c. (Chandos)
Boris: the PM who could do no wrong
This must be in competition for the most inaccurate work of non-fiction since … well, since Johnson’s last book
The Critic guide to glass ceilings
On the self-made men (and women!) of the Labour Party
From the monstrous to the grotesque
Hitler’s cult of charismatic leadership is indistinguishable from the ideology of National Socialism
Keir’s comms catastrophe
Labour’s goal is clear but its messaging is anything but
