Urban Life
The word from Britain’s streets
Patrick Galbraith fears for the health of an old friend
Paved with gold?
Why towns were a magnet for aspirational Englishmen
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
These violent delights
Pagliacci made the murder the true apex of the show
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
Are automated auctions on the way?
New technology has a double edge
Russia’s useful internet addicts
No, Russia is not a beleaguered outpost of European values
The excesses of intellectual illiberalism
Justified dissatisfaction with liberal modernity has curdled into something alarmist and authoritarian
The next chapter for The Critic
A request — and an opportunity!
Anyone could have predicted
Left-leaning commentators should not pretend to be surprised by the consequences of multiculturalism
Why tradition, not utopia, protects expression
Free expression thrives on human frailty, debate, and tradition — not on utopian zeal or moral legislation
Right-wingers must rediscover their principles
Internalising the logic of liberalism has made defeat inevitable
Britain lacks a party of the young
Britain’s alienated young are drifting leftwards because no serious movement on the right is speaking to their interests
Chopping The Onion
It is neither brave nor clever to portray dissenting women as insane