Richard Burgon
Shifting momentum: why Starmer sacked Rebecca Long-Bailey
There is more to RLB’s sacking than meets the eye
Grossly offensive censorship
A new ruling offers hope for an end to preposterous rulings over “malicious communications”
The elusive Seiji Ozawa was Japan’s greatest peacemaker
Farewell not just to a conductor but to a generous man
Britain’s twilight war
The UK is fighting an unwinnable conflict in a world that it doesn’t understand, without plan or purpose
A cut above
Above all is the quietude, broken only by the snipping chatter of several scissors
Left and right hooks
Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak exchanged sloppy blows as Lee Anderson found a warm welcome in the stands
Don’t just do something, stand there!
Three new books resist the modern cult of busyness
The worm (re)turns
Dune: Part Two is in cinemas — and it’s more of the glorious same
A sharp satire perfect for Critic readers
We should be giving copies of this magazine away at every screening
The arts are under threat in Scotland
New legislation endangers freedom, but the arts have been enabling its suppression for some time
World Budget Day
On World Book Day, Jeremy Hunt tried and failed to dress up as Nigel Lawson