Thriller
A very English take on espionage
Alexander Larman on the newest release in Mick Herron’s best-selling and critically acclaimed Jackson Lamb crime series: Slough House
The stress myth
Your emotions are not an illness
Doublespeak about assisted suicide
The campaign for assisted suicide is distinctly Orwellian
Could there be a Reform revolution?
Reform’s Welsh Conference brimmed with optimism — but can that be translated into success?
A wealth of glorious objects and images
A new book about the discovery of classical sculptures and frescoes is itself a real treasure
Post-truth medicine
Gender clinics offer a charade that relies on the symbols of evidence-based medicine
Twitter has always been toxic
Bluesky is a reminder of an earlier form of smug spitefulness
Reparate good times, come on!
The Critic’s Extremely Factual Guide to Slavery Reparations the UK Most Definitely Owes
Graduation blues
On the sad decline of the British university
Medieval treasures of Germany
Aachen and the great temples of medieval Europe seem like vast spiritual power stations
Take a bow
This season’s must-have neckwear is a sartorial two-fingered salute to life
Save nursing from the universities
There is no need for nursing to be a graduate only occupation
