Sherlock
The emptiness of hype
A cultural legacy depends on far more than passing enthusiasm
Thriller vs filler
The album is back and music is better for it
A short guide to voting in the general election
From Gorgeous George to the Newark Chainsaw Massacre, the Critic brings you a selectively exhaustive guide to the parties running in 2024
Say it ain’t so, Joe
How democratic is a shadowy cabal conspiring to hide the fact that Biden is too frail to govern?
March of the guys
How did one honorific colonise our language?
The problem with politeness
The British aversion to seeming rude exposes us to ideological scolds
Reformed towns
The Reformation was a transformative moment in English urban history
The blame game
Some terrible villain has made the Conservative Party unpopular. But who could it be?
Of mice and men and Magdalen
C. S. Lewis’s Oxford by Simon Horobin
Yachts wrong with the world
Donald Trump, whiteness, superyachts and other evils
Why the election was good for Unionism
A diversity of voices will help rather than hinder the cause
Femcel fantasies
“The Substance” is an accidentally revealing film
