Racism
Ignoring race won’t help anything
The dangers of pathological altruism
Deviating definitions
Andrew Tettenborn says the trend of redefining certain terms not only hinders social communication but is also almost literally Orwellian
The Atlanta spa shooter was not a victim of temptation
M. Woods reveals how Asian-American women have been blamed for sexual immorality since the Gold Rush
Silence in court
Calls by Labour politicians for an inquiry into royal racism misjudge the popular mood
The trial of the Mangrove Nine
Steve McQueen’s dramatisation of the 1970 trial of the Mangrove Nine is a triumph
Why I’m no longer talking to black people about race
The race debate has been taken over by grifters with a vested interest in a booming equalities industry
The wrong kind of race murder
It’s double standards that the killing of white schoolboy Richard Everitt achieved none of the notoriety of Stephen Lawrence’s death
Why non-racist whites are racist
Titania McGrath’s take on a thrilling year for racial equality
Disclaimer: Mel Brooks is cancelled
HBO attempts to protect snowflakes from Blazing Saddles
BLM racists don’t speak for me
How have racial slurs become progressive politics?
A cruel choice
Today’s euthanasia bill risks sending Britain down a dark path
The dismal state of British defence
The UK’s defence strategy is a combination of hope and vibes
Lily Phillips is a Rorschach test
Experience and behaviour are not solely reducible to consent
Must-Miss TV
Your regular Critic round-up of the hottest shows and films.
We need more have-yachts
The tragedy of the Bayesian highlights a wider issue about our lack of ambition
Plane English
On pyjamas and private jets
My “state of the nation” book
England’s Mean Unpleasant Land: How the Tories, Trump and TikTok Screwed Up Britain
Junk food? More like junk statistics
New claims about the costs of obesity are wildly exaggerated
Bluesky thinking?
The honeymoon phase of the X alternative could be short-lived
Release the hounds
The best university sport? Beagling
Transformation of a wasteland
Surviving buildings lend texture to the development, a sense of it having a history
