Running
The Gentleman’s Marathon
ASH Smyth recounts his one experience of ‘running’ 26.2 miles
Training for nothing
Nick Cohen laments the pandemic’s effect on competitions
Health and safety
Nick Cohen says streets must be safe for active lifestyles to flourish
Lapwings, Hyenas and Hares (Oh my!)
It’s amazing what you can encounter during an early morning jog
Run for your life
Nick Cohen says the new normal must be built for people, not cars
Fun runs don’t exist
Nick Cohen won’t be happy until he doesn’t enjoy his daily ordeal
Pleasure and pain
Nick Cohen says the runner’s hardest task is knowing when to stop
Marathon maniac
Nick Cohen ran and ran and did himself no good in the process
Walk, don’t run
‘If I can get them walking the editors and staff of The Critic will be demonstrating with Extinction Rebellion in six months’
How to go from drunk to hunk
I turned myself from a wine-sodden, desk bound, muscleless lard mountain into a reasonably fit person. And you can too
A worthy but deeply flawed attack on woke
A distinct lack of charity when evaluating the motivations and goals of others
Francis Bacon’s visceral language
Pain and pleasure are never far away in these portraits
Will judges protect free speech for Christians?
A new case will determine whether expressing normal Christian beliefs precludes employment
Invasion literature
It couldn’t happen here. Right?
The US is getting what it wants in the Middle East
Israeli escalations against Hezbollah are not defiance but an extension of U.S. strategy
Transformation of a wasteland
Surviving buildings lend texture to the development, a sense of it having a history
Plane English
On pyjamas and private jets
Sectarianism contra socialism
How did “left-wing” MPs end up voting for the VAT exemption for private schools?
Out of power for half a century
As the Conservatives face the prospect of a long spell in opposition, they must heed the lessons of their predecessors
The problem with petty scandals
They distract us from state failure and institutional decay
50 years ago…
Ali dances, bounces, beckons Foreman on, matador against bull
