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The Critic Narrated: Episode One, with Matthew Lloyd Roberts, Claudia Savage Gore and Jonathan Aitken
Murdoch must buy the Jewish Chronicle
An open letter from Norman Lebrecht to Rupert Murdoch
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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
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
Has the arts sector learned nothing?
Tripling down on identity politics and censoriousness would be fatal
The dark side of the White House
As in ancient Rome, power politics are always a promising arena for drama
The chairwoman of the board
A story driven at a whip-crack pace, pulsing with manic energy and nail-biting
Don’t kowtow to cry-bullies
Why Kezia Dugdale can’t apologise enough
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
The malicious and the mad
Two recent productions offer two different perspectives on dark sides of masculinity
The green myth
Tom, Chris and Graham explore our April edition
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Frivolous and doomed
Classicism still has its place at the National Theatre
We need to make a better case against Magic Monetary Theory
Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments