Shooting
The magic of the games
The Olympics have a weird and wonderful history
It takes all sorts
Patrick Galbraith on rural racism and the fear of outsiders
Not child’s play…
Patrick Galbraith says hunting would benefit youngsters
Catch that pigeon!
Patrick Galbraith takes aim at an agricultural pest
Flying tonight
Patrick Galbraith finds a little bit of Heaven in Hull
How Britain fell in love with cars
From Wind in the Willows to Wodehouse, cars captured the imagination
The crisis in the universities
A Critic panel brought light as well as heat to the troubled question of higher education
What is academia without scholarship?
Research is an essential feature of academic life
Should there be set texts for MPs?
Establishment ignorance of the texts we should be governed by is endangering the United Kingdom
Who’s ready for the Equality Levy?
Birmingham’s bankruptcy is a portrait of Britain’s future
Criminal damage remains criminal
A new judgment has challenged a convoluted legal defence of property damage
Torygeddon
The Conservatives face an extinction level election, but there’s still time for some prehistoric bloodletting
All small talk
Dwarf uprisings, Daleks and disreputable handymen
A real pea souper
Rivers of filth bear our merry band to the grotesque wonders of Dickensian London
Putting a gloss on big ideas
On the outsize influence of small magazines
Mad for this fresh take on King Lear
Farber’s casting and concept feels assured
