Rite of Spring
Fisticuffs over the fourth movement
When did classical music become so disturbingly polite?
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
The missing variable in the masculinity crisis
The literature on masculinity ignores the most obvious factor of all: a steady, civilisational fall in testosterone
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
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich
Dear Prudence
A reflection on the Tory Party’s historic suspicion of interventionism
Hard rain in Spain
Domestic scandal has rocketed back to the forefront of Spanish politics
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Why ministers fail
Even the more effective politicians do not have time to achieve anything
Gregory Halting
Procrastinator extraordinaire
Why left-wingers should care about borders
A welfare state, and social solidarity, depend on immigration restrictionism
Stop selling sexism
Banning strip clubs might sound unrealistic but it is the right thing to do
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer