Patrick Hamilton
Revisiting Patrick Hamilton’s Hangover Square
Hamilton first delivered this to his publishers 80 years ago in March 1941. What does a re-read of it tell us about the time that produced it?
The problem with Nigel Farage
The maverick Reform leader might be entertaining, but he is also unreliable
Is fat a feminist issue?
Accepting your body is a selective exercise for some progressives
The thorn in Starmer’s side
Why does Rosie Duffield scare the Labour leadership?
A question of selection
The Sensible Centrists have made a flawed case against party members choosing leaders
Was she more than pie in the sky?
We all laughed at the former PM but her radical message might have been right
No dog in this fight
A Labour government will bring fresh disasters to replace the old Tory ones, but the Critic will continue its policy of honest criticism
Nature neglected
In this election green policy only get airtime when it can be linked to jobs
Beyond the boundary
Can art reflect a nation’s spirit through its depictions of one of its favourite games?
Daddy, what did you do during the Iraq war?
Don’t ask questions you do want the answer to, at least not where George Galloway is involved
Are private schools worth it?
Parental background has a bigger impact than education
My Magyar dish
A dish that combines gravity with tradition, but is cheekily unorthodox