Simon and Garfunkel
Bridge Over Troubled Water: 50 Years On
Half a century on, the song remains an an eternally affecting evocation of the need for solidarity and comfort
Towards a hospitable environmentalism
Green ideas must transcend misanthropy and austerity
Cheap at the price
Political donations are the highest grossing investments you’ll ever make
Reparate good times, come on!
The Critic’s Extremely Factual Guide to Slavery Reparations the UK Most Definitely Owes
What is behind the ECHR debate?
We should stop pretending that moral disagreements can be reduced to technical debates
Reading humbly
Approaching texts with love, patience and humility can reveal more than scepticism
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
There is more to ethics than “#BeKind”
It is not cruel to fear the consequences of legalising assisted dying
Donald Trump should not heed the call of foreign policy hawks
The world is not split neatly between good guys and bad guys
What is Toryism for?
What has it done if it has not made a system it wishes to defend?
October letters
Misquoting Shakespeare and a rounded sense of humour
Why is the BBC so obsessed with drag?
Incessant coverage of drag shows and drag queens has become something of a running joke
