Militant
Five Rules for Ruling
There’s no problem with a witchhunt when there really are witches
Why I fear this censors’ charter
Nadine Dorries’s chilling Online Safety Bill invites professional activists to wipe anything they deem wrongthink from the internet
The religion of self-worship
Rowan Williams calls it a “sacred journey” — but trans ideology is a new faith altogether
Fat chance
Plus-sized actors and theatres rattling the begging bowl
The Critic Books Podcast: Cult writers
How does a writer become a figure of cultish renown?
Let’s appreciate Wagner for Wagner
Politics and historical commentary aside, Lohengrin is currently on at Covent Garden
The truth about the Grand Mufti’s visit to the UK
Shakwi Allam speaks the language of religious pluralism to western audiences, but sanctions persecution within Egypt
Maine attraction
There is better crime fiction being written
Britain, 2049
You’ll own nothing, and you won’t be particularly happy about it
The Sea! The Sea!
Southbank Sinfonia Baroque at St John’s Smith Square
The wrong kind of victim
Today’s victimhood narratives don’t make space for the most vulnerable
Pomp and circumstance
A Venetian Coronation, The Gabrieli Consort, St John’s Smith Square