The Bloomsbury Group
Bumptious, bitchy and belligerent
This evocation of London literati in wartime is a bombshell of a first book
Sculptor, wrecker and seducer
A beautiful book, but a fairly orthodox biography of the Hon. Stephen “Tommy” Tomlin
A brilliant life of ideas, insight and politics
Gertrude Himmelfarb: an intellectual giant who believed history could save us
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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
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
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
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
Will Spain become a Protestant country?
How immigration is changing the religious dynamics of a traditional Catholic stronghold
The Starmer strikes back
In a galaxy far, far from stable, Labour’s leadership chaos overshadows the King’s Speech
The missing variable in the masculinity crisis
The literature on masculinity ignores the most obvious factor of all: a steady, civilisational fall in testosterone
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing
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
It’s high time we banned dogs
The tide is turning against these slobbering beasts
What has Labour learned?
Pinning the failures of the government on Keir Starmer alone will not work
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
The false filibuster framing
There was nothing undemocratic about resistance to the Assisted Dying Bill
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished