Satire
Stick ‘em up
Has the culture war been won?
The predictability of subverting expectations
What to expect when you’re expecting your expectations to be subverted
My “state of the nation” book
England’s Mean Unpleasant Land: How the Tories, Trump and TikTok Screwed Up Britain
Eric Fogey
Dr Fogey genuinely does believe that virtually every enlightened measure of the past 200 years was a mistake
Doom and bloom
Live woke and die
Rime of the ancient Tory mariner
The lesson of the Conservative conference? Keep your kids away from politics
BoJo’s Life of Johnson
Exclusive extracts of perhaps the best autobiography by a former Conservative prime minister called Boris
Free speech is fascist
Words must be controlled to ensure that Starmer’s subjects behave themselves
Hot desking
We, the special advisers of the Labour Party, seek justice!
The Critic guide to glass ceilings
On the self-made men (and women!) of the Labour Party
Is Cheltenham beyond parody?
A books bash these days has to offer Geri and Geoff Hurst and that bloke out of Radiohead
Israel’s forever war
Netanyahu risks dragging his country and his allies into an open-ended regional conflict
Blue-collar brilliance
1970s Pittsburgh wasn’t just a steel town: it was the steel town
Three decades of broken promises on immigration
Time and time again, Labour and the Conservatives have failed to deliver on their pledges
Living the good life
The rising middle classes were decisive in shaping the late 19th century English town
March of the guys
How did one honorific colonise our language?
The attractions of extremes
Are we going to become ever more passive consumers of other people’s thoughts and memories?
One small step for Jenrick…
…one giant disappointment for Mel Stride
Trump’s first gambit fails
The Republican candidate was not as effective on the debate stage as he anticipated
Double Double
A man motivated by the pinnacle or nothing at all
Hatred without end
A year on from October 7th, mutual dehumanisation and refusal of moral responsibility characterises our “debate” over the Gaza war
