Subscribe
Email Bulletin
Podcasts
Artillery Row

Search for:

Subscribe
Email Bulletin
Podcasts
Artillery Row

Log in

The Bad Seeds

Sharp dressed man

Nick Cave sounds as good as ever

On Music

Duncan Wheeler

Encouraging evil for the common good

Mansfield does not condemn him: rather refreshingly he exhilarates in Machiavelli’s genius

Books

Sean McGlynn

Subscribe

Try five issues of Britain’s newest magazine for £10

British universities have a China problem

The increasing influence of the CCP is a threat to free inquiry and free expression

Artillery Row

Freddie Attenborough

Maligning the missionaries

Should the Church of England regret the promotion of Christianity?

Artillery Row

Niall Gooch

Mad for this fresh take on King Lear

Farber’s casting and concept feels assured

On Theatre

Anne McElvoy

The grand tour

Sex and the cities

On Opera

Robert Thicknesse

The coddlin’ of the British dance

How Britain’s anarchic rave scene turned authoritarian

Artillery Row

Bradley Strotten

This England

We should celebrate the glorious wartime cinematic masterpiece that Churchill wanted to ban

Features

Daniel Johnson

The case for more royals

This is no time for a slimmed-down monarchy

Columns

Johnny Leavesley

London’s lamps live on

Thanks to the dedication of the Gasketeers, a beautiful tradition has been saved

Artillery Row

Stephen Parkinson

Playing the victim

A new book satirises the bizarre dynamics of social justice activism

Books

Stephen G. Adubato

A cut above

Above all is the quietude, broken only by the snipping chatter of several scissors

Columns

Christopher Pincher

Features
Books
Columns
Table Talk
The Critics
About
Subscribe to The Critic
Privacy
Cookie Policy

Designed by Interconnect. Powered by Standfirst.

This is one of your 3 free articles without registering

For full access, subscribe to The Critic for less than £3 per month.

Already have an account? Log in.

SUBSCRIBE REGISTER FREE

Already have an account? Log in.

You've reached the end!

Don't worry.

You can register for free to read Artillery Row articles.

Or get full access to The Critic for as little as £3 per month.

REGISTER FREE
SUBSCRIBE

Already have an account? Log in.

Premium access only.

Don't worry. You can continue reading by subscribing to get full access.

Exclusive content

REGISTER FREE
SUBSCRIBE

Manage Cookie Consent

To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.

Functional Functional Always active

The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.

Preferences Preferences

The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.

Statistics Statistics

The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.

Marketing Marketing

The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.

Manage options Manage services Manage vendors Read more about these purposes

View preferences

{title} {title} {title}