superheros
We don’t need another (super)hero
The shrinking world of the superhero franchise film.
Cynical in Venezuela
The corruption and incompetence of its political system seeps into the soul
The Critic guide to glass ceilings
On the self-made men (and women!) of the Labour Party
In defence of the incredulous stare
To argue is to indulge in a practice, with all that this entails
Poor conduct
Shostakovich: Symphonies 4-6 (Decca)
Love, death and drink
Does inspiration really come out of a bottle?
With Conservative friends like these…
The Tories have kept elevating their own ideological opponents
Shattered illusions
The record of the authorities defies denials of two-tier policing
Junk food? More like junk statistics
New claims about the costs of obesity are wildly exaggerated
The opportunism of anti-police activists
Continued agitation around the death of Chris Kaba is inexcusable
Keir’s comms catastrophe
Labour’s goal is clear but its messaging is anything but
Dark lessons from Canada
Once “assisted dying” is legal, the boundaries of what is permissible expand
