Satire
A columnist’s farewell
One column ends and another begins
Who will be the Republican presidential nominee?
A quick look at the candidates
We deep dive at dawn
NEW: The Critic Sunday read — what biscuits were eaten at Chequers on Thursday
Welcome to Chaptopia
Take all the power out of Westminster and give it to me
A winter of missed content
Is Britain going to be over by Christmas? Will our brave author survive the coming frost?
Coarseness and viciousness
James Gillray could be cruel but was a fine propagandist
My Hunk of Destiny
A tale of love and levelling up
Carry Ons: Phwoar! What a lovely set of hits
Grim, funny glimpses of a Britain in decline
Drag queens teach vital lessons
The last thing these people want is attention
The phantom menace
Reports from the space opera of British politics
Jolyon’s little investigation
Questions have emerged about the founder of the Good Law Project’s approach to privacy
The art of Caspar David Friedrich
In our brave new world of modern art, there’s a growing appetite for celebrating the mystery of the natural world
Wearing shades
We plebs aren’t supposed to buy designer-influenced fast fashion anymore
The light and the insubstantial
Poulenc and others: Chamber music (Calliope/DG)
Time for realpolitik in Israel
Britain’s foreign policy in the Middle East should put British interests first
No questions about the woman question, please
Activists are even being excluded from conversations about activism
Has Israel walked into a forever war?
A brutal conflict seems unlikely to be winnable any time soon
Playing the ball
The Kookaburra experiment seems a confused diversion, not a ticket to high intensity
Music for a warm bath
Bloch, Bruch, Dohnanyi (Claves)
Of course the culture wars matter
It is people who trivialise them who are not taking politics seriously
Brussels, capital city of Surrealism
In Brussels, Surrealism lurks in the most unexpected places
