War
The beauty and the bomb
Barbenheimer is a true cinematic event
The West’s Ukraine policy is no longer ethical
Conscription is a moral evil we should not support
Don’t mention the war
A rosy-hued invocation of the Blitz spirit was a hopelessly misguided metaphor for the Covid pandemic
The errors of escalation
What does it mean and why is it so dangerous?
Israel alone?
The Middle East is entering a dangerous new period
Going to war
Iraq, Eric Ambler and me
The Revolution’s shadow
How did conflict affect British politics?
Don’t make Iran the new Ukraine
American hawks are pushing for war with Tehran
So long to the capitalist peace
The Big Mac has not consigned conflict to history
Armenia’s lonely plight
Why don’t we care?
The attractions of extremes
Are we going to become ever more passive consumers of other people’s thoughts and memories?
Imaginary friends
The idea of a synthetic companion that knows everything about you goes well beyond friendship
The Critic guide to glass ceilings
On the self-made men (and women!) of the Labour Party
Trump’s first gambit fails
The Republican candidate was not as effective on the debate stage as he anticipated
Boris: the PM who could do no wrong
This must be in competition for the most inaccurate work of non-fiction since … well, since Johnson’s last book
The monumental cradles of democracy
Squeezed into a single large volume, readers can now find a remarkable account of the Greek city
Bernard-Henri Lévy
France’s celebrity philosopher, war reporter and professional pessimist
Much more than mere child’s play
Children’s literature is the platform on which everything else is built
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
Just the tonic
Rediscover the forgotten treasure of Australia: fortified wines
The odd world of Peter Oborne
How has a far-sighted conservative commentator fallen so far?
