William McGonagall
My denial is your refutation
Infamy, poetry and exhibitionistic vulnerability
Crashed and Burnsed
ASH Smyth gives a poetically bad speech at the Galle Literary Festival for the Caledonian Society of Sri Lanka
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
A culture of death
Street gangs and online provocation are fuelling a morbid subculture in British life
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich
Right-wingers must rediscover their principles
Internalising the logic of liberalism has made defeat inevitable
Fair vs free elections
The grey zone between interference and counter-interference is becoming Europe’s new political frontier
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
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
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature
The masculinity crisis is a porn crisis
We have to do more to challenge the reshaping of culture by pornography
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
Laughing to hide the tears
Beware: prime ministerial jokes ahead