Polymath
Whatever happened to the polymath?
Professor Jeremy Black talks to The Critic’s political editor, Graham Stewart, about the idea of the Renaissance Man
Saving my own bacon
Only the particularly pig-headed will stick it out in the pork farming business
As flies to wanton boys
Gambling with human lives is just another day in the lives of the one per cent
Are Labour the real racists?
Conservatives should stop trying to play the victim on identitarian grounds
Rishi goes a-wooin’
The Prime Minister was an extremely nervous suitor trying to impress some very sceptical rural in-laws
Made for TV
UK politicians are generally unsure what to think about a subject until the ITV docudrama comes out
Britain should stand up to Mauritius
The British Government must make it clear that it will not allow a foreign country to threaten British citizens
Maggie’s greatest gift
Touring the Med in the pioneering gastropub that transformed how we eat
The Stratford MSG Sphere would have been a dystopian nightmare
Light pollution is not a fringe issue and we need to reconnect to the night sky
Do hurt people hurt people?
This popular cliché attempts to be generous but ends up implying that victims are tainted
Who are universities for?
Research is important — but serving the needs and desires of students matters more