Minerals
Don’t panic about rare earths
If China will not export them, they can be found elsewhere
The Ukrainian minerals myth
Has Donald Trump been misled about the value of Ukrainian rare earth deposits?
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Whip smart
Threatening the whipping system would be alarmingly stupid
Life for petty theft?
IPP sentences are a shocking stain on the criminal justice system that the Prime Minister would do well to kill off
Anyone could have predicted
Left-leaning commentators should not pretend to be surprised by the consequences of multiculturalism
Britain’s mutilated constitution
We must restore the old to build the new
Beyond Carmen
Georges Bizet: The piano works (Hyperion)
Low energy
Rachel Reeves and Mel Stride are inconsistent while Reform are invisible
From triple lock to price caps
Opinium polling for The Critic reveals the totemic pension policy has entrenched a politics that demands control over growth
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
First-place Finnish
Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)
Fast cars fit for old-school stars
Speed and sophistication once shared the same side of the street
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom