Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Venice’s tortuous tourist tax
How much public money has been wasted on a scheme which will be quietly retired?
The Critic guide to glass ceilings
On the self-made men (and women!) of the Labour Party
Life amid the ruins
Any captured, destroyed city, offers the same problems for the new owners
The horrors of VAR
Technology is making the beautiful game less beautiful
The US is getting what it wants in the Middle East
Israeli escalations against Hezbollah are not defiance but an extension of U.S. strategy
The predictability of subverting expectations
What to expect when you’re expecting your expectations to be subverted
Megalomania
Megalopolis is a gaudy, self-indulgent mess
Murders for November
Another mélange of murders, from Japan to Scotland
Bernard-Henri Lévy
France’s celebrity philosopher, war reporter and professional pessimist
Cities of the mind
19th century English towns live on in our collective imagination
England’s forgotten football dystopia
The beautiful game is not fit to be a national religion
You reap what you sow
Poor Daniel Zeichner was left to face the outrage that the Budget had caused
