Sarah Moss
Might this win the Booker?
Page-turning, socially intriguing and melodramatic to the point of campness
The coronavirus variations
Here are three of our most praised writers with new offerings written during one or more lockdowns and that also take in the pandemic in their subject matter
Small, but perfectly formed
John Self examines three varied, emotionally satisfying novels that together come in at less than the length of a single Mantel
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
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
When all you have is a Hermer
Why Lord Hermer is a strange fit as Attorney General
Polish piano
Andre Tchaikowsky: Piano concertos (Ondine)
Good news for the rule of law
Activists who break the law should not be able to appeal to their high-minded motives
The EU’s immigration asymmetry
Ten years on, the EU still hasn’t learned Brexit’s hard lesson on migration
A moment of profound national unseriousness
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch know that the world faces crises — but are they part of the crises?
Like a homecoming
A haunted house
The disunited kingdom
The establishment must confront the disturbing realities of sectarian politics in the UK
Infamous five
To most of us, the Cambridge Five are just names
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked
The Islamopopulist march continues
Overshadowed by the Reform and Green surges, the Muslim vote continues a long march through the corridors of power