Satire
Izzy Hardcastle
Ornament of the book-world
Must-Miss TV
Your regular Critic round-up of the hottest shows and films.
People of Colour television
How to unpick the progressive contradictions of colour-blind casting
Shades of Gray
Never underestimate the mysterious yet powerful Sue Gray
If Donald Trump wins, it’s over
Three assassination attempts prove irrefutably that Trump is guilty of inciting violence
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We found the prawns you so thoughtfully left behind the radiator, but there’s still something here, isn’t there?
The case for duelling
A Modest Proposal: If yes to assisted suicide, then why not duelling?
Reparate good times, come on!
The Critic’s Extremely Factual Guide to Slavery Reparations the UK Most Definitely Owes
Bursary school
Refuse to play the poverty card
The Old Vic under siege
The King’s favourite Shakespearean need hardly trouble himself with such dreary details
Some picture-perfect restorations
What we were seeing looked as good as it would have at its premiere
British industry has forgotten how to use its voice
Corporate cowards are not standing up to the government
On the death of pets
It is not losing a human, but it is losing a loved one
Reaping a bitter harvest
Labour are struggling to justify their own policies
Dress code
How did Starmer not know how it would look? (The donation, not the clothes)
The strange death of the Office for Place
The demise of the Office for Place is a missed opportunity for housing
The Bezos behemoth
Behind the logistics miracle are some troubling stories
The first female President will be Republican
American conservatives are far less averse to assertive women than the political left
Have we been barking up the wrong tree?
Mark Rowlands believes that humans have a lot to learn from dogs
The eternal lockdown of the soul
Lockdown-lifers have become a key tool of the state
Vorsprung durch Technik R.I.P.
The vaunted German model really is kaput — bust
