Rob Hutton
Your part in my downfall
Hutton reflects on his unsuccessful stint as editor-in-chief of the Critic, and has determined the readers are to blame
All the news fit to post, two weeks early
It’s Christmas come early for Critic readers
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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
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
A day out at Unite the Kingdom
Tommy Robinson’s latest demonstration was a peculiarly hammy affair
First-place Finnish
Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
Laughing to hide the tears
Beware: prime ministerial jokes ahead
Britain’s mutilated constitution
We must restore the old to build the new
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
Climate alarmism must not be unquestionable
We have succumbed to herd-like thinking over renewable energy
Britain needs the Med mindset
We have to adapt to the sweatier realities of a changing climate
Let there be lightness
Black Comedy is best viewed as a breathtakingly accomplished technical exercise
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
A below-par Riley is still better than most
The Palm House by
Gwendoline Riley; My Death by Lisa
Tuttle; Still Talking by Lore Segal