Maths
Decolonise … Maths?
Algebra and arithmetic in the modern sense were not due to the Greeks, writes Mark Ronan
Part four: Home education? Help!
Maths counts too!
Murders for late November
From Shakespeare to Agatha Christie, crime novels invoke the genre’s heritage, sometimes ably and sometimes not
A strident legacy
In the decade since his death, Christopher Hitchens’s weaknesses have become our own
The Critic Books Podcast: The Gardener
On this episode of The Critic Books podcast, Francesca Peacock speaks to Salley Vickers about The Gardener
Christopher Hitchens: the last cool columnist
Ten years on from Hitchens’s death, the past seems more foreign than ever
Artistry in the kitchen
Calmly brilliant cooking rescues a vogueish restaurant full of underwhelming art
From Boris to boring
Might the British electorate have decided they have had quite enough excitement from one premier?
To critique the critic
Harold Rosenberg’s mixed legacy counterbalanced both Communism and formalism
Gandhi: what xe would have done
Seek out dissenting transphobes and punish them without mercy
Boris must go – but that won’t solve the problem
The Tories are sailing into a storm
Been there, read that
Can we leave old books alone?
Move over Nigella, Nigel and Nadiya
The cookbook of the year was written by an elderly rogue and self-published