Society
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The misunderstood satirist of sin
In the minds of many, this book threatened to undermine and destabilise the moral order
Patostreamers and the decline of public life
A depressing new trend reflects the impoverished state of social existence
Tragedy, comedy and an Italian parable
Three great novels capture a moment of change for society
The death of conservatism?
Individually and collectively, we must choose life
We have to rebalance civil society
To influence power, we must organise
The Age of Twee
Line up and clap for the NHS, wankpuffin
Beyond mental health awareness
The roots of better mental health may lie deeper than we are willing to admit
What does philosophy matter?
Philosophy is essential to our modern times, but it can also be dangerous
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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
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
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The underworld on the high street
Beneath the façade of everyday commerce, organised crime has quietly captured British high streets
Bring back borstals
Antisocial teenagers need structure and discipline before it is too late
What’s so illiberal about “illiberal democracy”?
Viktor Orbán has been a political pioneer in Europe
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Are automated auctions on the way?
New technology has a double edge
Good enough for politics
We should be more willing to declare some political problems solved
From triple lock to price caps
Opinium polling for The Critic reveals the totemic pension policy has entrenched a politics that demands control over growth
What has Labour learned?
Pinning the failures of the government on Keir Starmer alone will not work
The tears of Keir’s
It was an anticlimactic end to an unconvincing premiership
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks
Terry tackles literary lightweights
Is a distinguished professor right to hold intellectual biography in low esteem?