Lord Advocate
Crying Wolffe
The Alex Salmond inquiry has been hobbled by legal intervention – so why can the media publish what politicians cannot discuss?
Can Salmond bring down Sturgeon?
Nicola Sturgeon can sacrifice others in order to protect herself
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
Only the truly privileged can be cultural relativists
It is easy not to judge appalling cultural practices from a distance
Fiddling while Canterbury burns
The new proposals from the Archbishops’ Commission for Racial Justice are depressingly wrongheaded
Twilight of the hacks
“A Very Royal Scandal” and the emptiness of modern journalism
Gambling gifts
New reports on Labour and political donations miss the point
The Critic guide to glass ceilings
On the self-made men (and women!) of the Labour Party
Now’s your time, House of Lords
The upper house must prove its worth by opposing the shabby Chagos Islands deal
“Nice” people need to read this book
How women have been hounded throughout the gender wars
How H&W hit the iceberg
The opportunism and ineptitude that brought Belfast’s shipbuilding industry to its knees
In praise of Elon Musk
He deserves respect for his defence of free expression online
England’s forgotten football dystopia
The beautiful game is not fit to be a national religion
