Misery Lit
Very public introspection
The content of “misery lit” is disturbing, but what purpose does it serve?
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Why left-wingers should care about borders
A welfare state, and social solidarity, depend on immigration restrictionism
Not mad for it
I Puritani, Royal Opera, Covent Garden
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Irish anti-Israel agitation is out of control
Anti-Israel sentiments among Irish nationalists are irrational and opportunistic
Labour’s battle of egos
There is little love left to lose between those plotting regicide in Downing Street
Dead reckoning
How Britain forgot the sea (and why it matters)
Fit for a queen
Hannah Betts reassesses the late Queen as a royal style maven
An indefensible defence policy
Why the country’s strategic ambitions are incompatible with our welfare bill
The radical feminism—Christianity pipeline
For radical feminists, clarity about the realities of sex often opens onto a search for moral order
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
The futility of right-wing cancel culture
Trying to get left-wing comedians fired for edgy jokes is stupid as well as wrong