Monica Ali
A return, a reissue, a brilliant new voice
The best, and the not-so-great, new fiction to read this month
Let’s diversify the curriculum
If we really want diversity, we need to get more traditional
Green in name only
The Green Party doesn’t understand the realities of rural life
The grand Budapest hotel
The Hungarian Prime Minister’s office gives Orbán the space to think
The coming of age
On the anxieties and ambiguities of adulthood
Why Ukraine almost certainly cannot win
And why the war is likely to continue anyway
Labour is killing British farming
Attacks on British agriculture must be resisted
The first victim of empire
England is an ongoing casualty of the British imperial project
Must-Miss TV
Your regular Critic round-up of the hottest shows and films.
Hi-energy nutrients
Schoenfield, Vivier, Bartok &c (Accentus Music)
Splashing the cash
On the complex relationship between art and money
We can’t even give them away
Let’s not pretend we have sovereignty over the Chagos Islands
