Oscar Straus
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay
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Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
A below-par Riley is still better than most
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Gwendoline Riley; My Death by Lisa
Tuttle; Still Talking by Lore Segal
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
The Blob playbook
How activist charities subtly shape policy
A slow Burnham
Andy Burnham is not from London. Have we mentioned that he is not from London?
Peston’s Inbox
Burnham: “Ay up! I’m a northerner”
California dying
The world’s dream factory now produces scenes from a dystopia
Antisemitism and the Islamic connection
Antisemitic sentiments in Islamic theology cannot be overlooked or obscured
From triple lock to price caps
Opinium polling for The Critic reveals the totemic pension policy has entrenched a politics that demands control over growth
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
Hard rain in Spain
Domestic scandal has rocketed back to the forefront of Spanish politics
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality