Lynsay Watson
A criminal abuse of the law
Our criminal justice system is deferential to those who abuse it while coming down hard on the innocent
How I was secretly logged as a criminal by police
In the Kafkaesque world of guilt without proof
How my Critic article got me in trouble with the police
Lincolnshire plod and a “criminal” misgendering
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
California dying
The world’s dream factory now produces scenes from a dystopia
We can restrict doctors’ strikes
Well-paid doctors should not be allowed to endanger patients uninhibited
The NHS is no longer above question
People are finally, if grudgingly, waking up to its flaws
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions
What on Earth is the point of the Lib Dems?
With neither power nor principles, the party is an absolute waste of space
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
Playing by numbers
Attacking the Space:
Inside Rugby’s Tactical and Data
Revolution by Sam Larner
Mass hysteria
Sancta, Flanders Opera, Antwerp
The roots of hatred
Antisemitism, an ancient subject, has once again become a hot topic
Metamorphoses at the Rijksmuseum
Metamorphoses at the
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam