Manchester
The fatal fear of being accused of racism
The fear of being branded a racist raises questions about the West’s ability to protect itself from islamist attacks
You’ll take it and like it
Madchester? Sadchester? No, Gladchester, thought Boris
November 2020: Letters to the Editor
Too kind to Trotsky
Smart work from the Old Vic
The Old Vic shows the way
All the news fit to post, two weeks early
It’s Christmas come early for Critic readers
Silence of the fans
Nick Cohen says silent sport needs crowds to give it meaning
The completion of a revolution
A brief history of how the ERG got Britain to the point it left the EU
Cape crusader
Hannah Betts loves the theatrical flourish of a cloak
“There’s trouble at t’lab”
Stuart Ritchie’s ‘Science Fictions’ reveals a scholar committed not only to his own discipline but to the wider principles underlying all intellectual endeavour
England’s Caravaggio
Matthew Craske’s book challenges the prevailing idea of Joseph Wright as product and servant of rationalism and Enlightenment
Looking back at Medusa
Myths are more malleable than statues
A feast, plain and simple
You wait ages for a decent Irish cookbook, then two arrive together, says Melanie McDonagh