New Deal
FDR is no hero – he shouldn’t be Boris’s role model
Is Boris’s ‘Rooseveltian’ revival really what the country needs?
Bernard-Henri Lévy
France’s celebrity philosopher, war reporter and professional pessimist
The Critic guide to glass ceilings
On the self-made men (and women!) of the Labour Party
British universities should stop using foreign students as a crutch
Its short-term benefits are obvious but it is not a long-term solution
Hoorah for winter!
Life comes alive again in October when you can start anticipating proper National Hunt racing
Ozi the Orangutan is no Winnie-the-Pooh
A misguided attack on palm oil production is enough to make you facepalm
The wrongs of Proudman
Criticism does not amount to discrimination or abuse
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)
Carole Cadwalladr’s conspiracy theory
The feverish paranoia obscures valid questions
The public sector must reform or die
Too big to fail? It is too big to succeed
Swiftism’s role in saving the V&A Museum
The unconventional Englishness of the Taylor Swift phenomenon
A wealth of glorious objects and images
A new book about the discovery of classical sculptures and frescoes is itself a real treasure