Nancy Mace
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the forgetting of feminist principles
Single-sex toilets are essential if we are going to respect women’s personal space
A bleak midwinter
For fans watching QPR struggle for the past two decades, it feels like the club is cursed
There is no “Woke Right”
A new attempt to delineate the boundaries of acceptable opinion has failed
Consent isn’t everything
Protections against violent sexual encounters are being dismantled
The effects of Brexit are still being misreported
A new paper has received a lot of attention — all of it undeserved
Clickbait criticism
A depressing, inarticulate complaint of a generation too paralysed even to make art
Parable of the talent
Was there ever a more dispiriting line-up of Scrooges than those offered to festive audiences in 2024?
Up-and-down towns
The rise and fall of English towns in the 1960s and 80s
Must-Miss TV
Your regular Critic round-up of the hottest shows and films.
Israel, the ICJ and the plausibility of genocide
Commentators are misunderstanding the provisional measures of the International Court of Justice
South Africa needs better policies, not just better vibes
Political change must lead to economic change as well
Taking the liberal mask off prohibition
The case for the Tobacco and Vapes Bill is morally and economically unsound
