Niger
How the world turns a blind eye to African slavery
Investigating the slave-owners of the Sahara, where more than 100,000 people were born into inherited captivity
The failure of the Irish nerve
Politicians are not acting and the public are not forcing them to act
Britain should get serious about organised crime
We underestimate how much crime is the work of small, nasty groups of people
Journeys in Genderland
The stories of people caught up in the madness of gender ideology are beyond belief
They call it Poppy love
Poppy is, simply, a dog who knows what she wants
Two cheers for Trump on free speech
The President-elect cannot just protect speech that he likes
The downfall of the podcast-industrial complex
How did some of our finest podcasters get the election so wrong?
Britain is at breaking point
The UK is experiencing existential challenges, but neither elitists nor populists offer a solution
Reparate good times, come on!
The Critic’s Extremely Factual Guide to Slavery Reparations the UK Most Definitely Owes
Shiva Naipaul
The younger brother of a controversial Nobel Prize winner who has been unjustly overlooked
The decline of industry
English towns faced unique new challenges following deindustrialisation
On the King’s Road to ruin
The decline of commerce on Chelsea’s celebrated street is a worrying sign for London
