Short Stories
Norwich lives
I fear I’m turning into one of Norwich’s sassortment of local characters
A story of doublings
If you want to understand how the world works now, read a classic
A teenager, strangers and a pair of apes
Spend time inside the mind of your most eccentric, sometimes maddening friend
The Critic Books Podcast: Stewkey Blues
DJ Taylor’s new collection of short stories
Welcome returns for three Irish writers
Why is the publishing industry so obsessed with debuts?
Entering the world of Weird fiction
The short stories of the long nineteenth century through the lens of Covid-19
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
The resistible centrism of Mark Gatiss
Why a centre-left worldview struggles to understand dissent
The flawed thinking behind state suicide
Kathleen Stock demonstrates the value of a philosopher’s analytical mind in a sharp critique of assisted suicide
Dismantle the infrastructure of censoriousness
Digital technology and private intelligence are bolstering cultural censoriousness in universities
The Arctic circle: a game of ice and fire
The Arctic is fast becoming a hotspot for great power competition
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
Shining a light on the culture wars
Without the reintroduction of liberal ethical standards, the sacred purpose of academia cannot survive
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
Right-wingers must rediscover their principles
Internalising the logic of liberalism has made defeat inevitable
How the sausage gets made
On the illusions of evidence-based policy
A revolutionary king
The monarch’s vision of “harmony” will have lasting impact
What is the CID for?
Zac Brettler’s short life and mysterious death