Venice Architecture Biennale 2025
The Venice Architecture Biennale
Amidst the katzenjammer are many fascinating, hopeful and plausible offerings
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
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
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
The shadow of the thorn tree
Christian culture must combine tradition and modernity
The problem with optimisation
Feeling maximally healthy and productive is not the point of life
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
A new course for Cuba
The United States should give up its futile and arrogant dreams of regime change
The last true Kapellmeister
Chaotic in all things except music, where he demanded precision and gave his all
Let’s scrap the Table Tax
The state should stop using our cafes, pubs, and restaurants as a cash cow
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening
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
Badenoch in the bindweed
The Conservative Party leader might please no one by trying to please everyone
“You can’t preach here!”
A hostile attitude towards preaching threatens freedom of religion and freedom of speech