New Year Resolutions
Frock right off
Dresses, dogs and dinner
Self-help with Samuel Johnson
Improving ourselves takes good principles, not mere goals
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
The meaning and meaninglessness of Makerfield
Andy Burnham has triumphed — but can he maintain his success?
An artful chip
Any penalty is at heart a psychological battle between taker and keeper
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
Towards an allied civil society network in Europe
The Trump Administration is turning its attention to Europe’s civic institutions
Any foreigner can have a UK degree — for a fee
Every British university has been chasing the benefits of foreign income with frenzied excitement
Iran has been fatally misunderstood
The US and Israel were foolish to imagine that the Iranians would crumble
AI podcasts give me the creeps
The more we outsource to AI, the more forgettable our cultural output is going to be
Murders for May
From the spa resort of Buddington to the streets of Tokyo
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
London is broken
Local politics can’t offer the renewal our nation’s capital desperately needs
The next chapter for The Critic
A request — and an opportunity!