Sam Jordison
A crisis of sex and money
The publishing economic model is broken whilst male authors are shunned
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
British comedy: a post-mortem
British comedy has become safe, stale and contrived
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
Why nobody likes a smarty pants
Is it reasonable to conflate genuine intellectual endeavour with undue concern for supposed accuracy?
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 emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
Who wants to be a patriotic millionaire?
More taxation will not solve our economic woes
“You can’t preach here!”
A hostile attitude towards preaching threatens freedom of religion and freedom of speech
Legal curiosities
The pursuit of justice in small or atypical jurisdictions has sometimes led to some unusual legal quandaries
The Islamists’ young recruits
Islamist networks are increasingly targeting children, and the British state refuses to acknowledge the problem
A revolutionary king
The monarch’s vision of “harmony” will have lasting impact
The flawed thinking behind state suicide
Kathleen Stock demonstrates the value of a philosopher’s analytical mind in a sharp critique of assisted suicide