Punk
No, THIS is hardcore: UK82 remembered 40 years on
What happened to the early eighties world of doc martins and Mohawks?
A book about nothing
A new collection from Adrian Chiles is certainly curious
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
Crisis of leadership
No Tory can seriously expect conservatism from Kemi Badenoch
A rebel advance in Syria is nothing to cheer
You don’t have to sympathise with Assad to think that the alternative would be worse
Farewell to Larry Siedentop
The great political philosopher, Oxford don, and sage defender of Western liberalism
Kemi Badenoch’s “ming vase” must be shattered
The Conservative candidate should not be allowed to escape scrutiny
John Swinney’s Isla Bryson moment?
The Scottish Government must be made to face the facts on sex and gender
Should we feel pity for the Pelicot accused?
To have endured pain does not excuse inflicting pain
Reparate good times, come on!
The Critic’s Extremely Factual Guide to Slavery Reparations the UK Most Definitely Owes
My “state of the nation” book
England’s Mean Unpleasant Land: How the Tories, Trump and TikTok Screwed Up Britain
All gone to look for America
The show is a mishmash, in need of some pruning and a sharper edge
