Ulysses
The Critic Books Podcast: 100 years of Ulysses
What has changed since Joyce’s novel was first published?
The EU is leaving Britain behind on immigration
The continent is waking up to the need for solutions, and Britain must wake up as well
Nothing to declare
Labour have done nothing wrong, but they’re going to stop it
Carole Cadwalladr’s conspiracy theory
The feverish paranoia obscures valid questions
“Scottish visas” would double down on two failed ideas
The plan offers the worst of devolution and mass migration in one policy
The Old Vic under siege
The King’s favourite Shakespearean need hardly trouble himself with such dreary details
The iconoclast’s last defence
Artistic excuses for Just Stop Oil are confused and opportunistic
Smacking harms children
Smacking didn’t harm you? Maybe this debate isn’t for you
Only the truly privileged can be cultural relativists
It is easy not to judge appalling cultural practices from a distance
Two cheers for pedestrianisation
Pedestrianisation cannot solve all of Oxford Street’s problems
Minimum pricing, maximum annoyance
No one wins when the minimum price for alcohol rises