TV
Can Ncuti Gatwa save a tired franchise?
The new Dr Who is timely, not tokenistic
I am big, it’s freesat that got small
Rob Hutton takes dictation, very carefully, from our new proprietor
Channel 4 is not worth conserving
You can’t build a nation on Dr Who, Gin and publicly-owned TV networks
Between the cerebral and the warm
University Challenge host Bamber Gascoigne was the quintessential Englishman
Grim up north
Two new Nordic dramas reveal a darker side to Scandi paradise
I miss the old BBC
The BBC has lost its way and things have to change
Bye bye BBC
Why it’s time for Auntie to say goodnight
Is Brexit a Christmas movie?
Rob Hutton watches telly so you don’t have to
Give the Doctor his heart(s) back
Wokeness is killing Doctor Who
Can GB News go the distance?
TV channels can recover from a shaky and uncertain start
The Critic Books Podcast: The BBC — A People’s History
One hundred years on from the founding of the BBC, David Hendy speaks about how history has shaped the corporation
How Labour lost the “unlosable election”
With living standards in decline, the Tories won in 1992 against the odds. Will this next election be the same?
An unlikely man of the people
Kenneth Clark has been unfairly accused of elitism; he wanted to democratise the glories of Western art and make it available to all
“No-fault” divorce undermines marriage
Why is the government making it easier to break up families?
Overthrowing the kritarchy
The overturning of Roe v. Wade would be a victory for democracy
Why is prostitution being pushed on young trans people?
The feminist fix: Stop pretending that the sex trade is a world of queer self-expression
Will the real Elena Ferrante please sit down?
It is her words and voice, not her purported identity, that matter to her fans
It’s time to burst the red balloons
How did Europe’s wealthiest state come to finance the greatest tyrant of the 21st Century?
What is truth? The ethics of memorials
A poorly-researched rush to judgement in both Oxford and Cambridge may not have served campaigners well
Putin’s big parade
Campaign Diary: Expect extra chest-thumping on “Soviet Victory Day”
Blood money
If abolition was capitalist propaganda, what of corporate involvement in social justice?