Miklós Bánffy
Land of his birth
Little of the Hungarian aristocrats’ world remains, except a few crumbling buildings — and Count Bánffy’s stories
Murders for April
April is the cruellest month, breeding detective fiction out of the dry land
The meaningless models of “public health”
Another brick in the “public health” fortress of unreality
Go woke, go broke?
The collapse of Vice Media is a story of an American left — aggressive, iconoclastic, irreverent — that no longer exists
Introducing Critical Mash
Our new arts podcast, broadcasting from the frontline of the (high) culture war
Old Ireland stirs
The defeat handed to Dublin’s progressive establishment was a reminder of an older Ireland
Taking Pride
If sexual orientation is not a choice and therefore nothing to be ashamed of, then it can be nothing to be proud of either
The grim reality of a citizens’ assembly
A seemingly democratic initiative was nothing of the sort
Immigration enthusiasts and problematic polling
New analysis made British voters look far more pro-migration than they are
The first rule of Plot Club is…
The Tories are absolutely, definitely, certainly not scheming to replace Rishi Sunak