London
On a pedestal?
Give up joyless meat-hating for Lent
The City’s disenfranchised voters
As the City of London goes to the polls, why are thousands being denied the right to vote?
It’s a wrap
London seems like a brave new world after touching down from Venice
The Critic Books Podcast: Edgware Road
A debut story of family mystery and intrigue — set between London, Oxford, and Karachi
Know your Ally
Just who are our plucky Ukrainian friends?
Urban skirmish
The new Chelsea Barracks is striking for its forgetfulness
Southern discomfort
Has rugby league finally given up on London?
When London really was built back better
This is an eloquent book that describes the architecture, culture, topography, and social life of a vibrant city
Welcome to Londongrad
We promise to respect Her Majesty’s life tenancy of Buckingham Palace
Are you staring comfortably?
A new campaign on public transport risks policing thoughtcrimes
A statement flower
The most fanatical have spent fortunes to find the rarest and finest of these blooms
Public sector pay
Bumper pay rises for doctors and teachers are bound to result in higher inflation
Brutalist beauties
These monstrosities were imposed on the population, not desired
Tom Stoppard’s Hampstead drama
Best not try to memorise this deceptive Connect Four of relationships — just get into the flow
Francis Bacon’s visceral language
Pain and pleasure are never far away in these portraits
The golden age of criticism?
There are good reasons why serious writers no longer review in the national press
It’s the money supply, stupid
How the Keynesian blinkers of Democrat economists led to a second Trump victory
We have to rebalance civil society
To influence power, we must organise
Who killed the Women’s Equality Party?
Taken over and destroyed by men
We should have the freedom to criticise Islam
Religious freedom entails the right to criticise a belief system as well as to adhere to it
Vorsprung durch Technik R.I.P.
The vaunted German model really is kaput — bust
