Sir Graham Brady
Playing politics
The Critic’s crack team of writers take you through the latest video games, inspired by real events
The Conservative party’s autumn of discontent
It is a bad sign when Tory MPs say they will vote for their government with “a heavy heart”
Sir Graham Brady – “A lot of people are near the end of their tether”
1922 Chairman warns that Tory MPs may vote for a November lockdown, but not a December renewal
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
How to be a populist in the art world
A recent conference on populism exposed the extent to which the art world talks around actually existing people
Exactly my bag
Travel they say, broadens the mind. It can also empty the pockets
Regulating the rogue degree factories
Do universities have the resources and the will to monitor what is happening in their name?
Joyous genre-bending
Milestones (Signum Classics)
Critical briefing: cuckooing
A hidden scourge has been plaguing British streets for too long
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan
The third man
Bridget Phillipson’s “Code of Practice” has clarified nothing on sex and gender
Labour’s battle of egos
There is little love left to lose between those plotting regicide in Downing Street
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
Will Andy Burnham be a literary leader?
Burnham is a rare politician who reads books — but how will they affect his premiership?
The malicious and the mad
Two recent productions offer two different perspectives on dark sides of masculinity