Media
The ecstasy of sanctimony
In defence of Dominic Cummings, by his neighbour
We shouldn’t handle the truth about Coronavirus
There are grown-up reasons for the state and the plague is one
Good luck…
David Goodhart wishes The Critic every success
So, farewell then Humza
One man was very impressed with Humza Yousaf’s resignation speech
Singers have a voice, too
Study of the Western canon is often reduced to a politicised debate: power and patronage versus individual genius. The truth is far more complex
The spectre of the past
The “Great English Ghost Story” offers a form of comfort and is rooted in the ache of nostalgia for a more elegant era
Smartphones are not the source of all social ills
Phones and social media are easy scapegoats for our all too human follies
What Britain should learn from Singaporean healthcare
How Singapore spends less and sees better outcomes
Left and right hooks
Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak exchanged sloppy blows as Lee Anderson found a warm welcome in the stands
The Irish should reject the new hate speech bill
It threatens free speech while offering dubious benefits for society
Slavery did not create Britain’s wealth
A bogus narrative is obscuring history and diminishing our national pride
There is no magic bullet for raising birth rates
A complex network of spiritual, cultural and economic factors underpin our fertility slump
Murders for February
Hitler, Harlem and the high-life feature in this month’s murder mystery haul
The broad influence of Aquinas
His influence has been felt in economics as well as philosophy and religion
