Stonewall
Fair Cop?
How Stonewall turned the police into political activists
Why can’t California control predictable fires?
California’s rulers again shift the blame to conservatives rather than admit their own incompetence
Is this Covid’s Second Wave?
And if it is – how worried should we be? Graham Stewart talks to Alistair Haimes
The vacuity of the Democratic National Convention
Biden’s cheerleaders prove there’s nothing to get excited about
Leo Weiner: Divertimentos (Naxos)
Music from the Hungarian educator who shaped the sound of the modern American orchestra
A quick exit…
Our way of death has become increasingly mawkish. Far better to opt for a swift cremation, without frills or power ballads
Mind your language – even in your own home
Scotland’s Hate Crime Bill criminalises insulting language – even if nobody heard it outside your own living room
What’s new for the presidential debates?
The Critic’s political and US editors discuss the upcoming presidential debates
Break a leg
Woke Oscars tries to cripple the film industry, Stonewall capture the police and the Scottish enlightenment is cancelled
Keir Starmer – a Serious Man
Starmer lays out a future – back to “the third way”
Disclaimer: Mel Brooks is cancelled
HBO attempts to protect snowflakes from Blazing Saddles