Women’s History Month
The Critic Books Podcast: Roaring Girls
The extraordinary lives of history’s unsung heroines
Defending an outdoor smoke
There is no rational argument for prohibition
Ozi the Orangutan is no Winnie-the-Pooh
A misguided attack on palm oil production is enough to make you facepalm
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
Let’s leave the Commonwealth
There is no point in being a member just to be browbeaten about our past
Why Christian culture is essential to education
It deeply informed our art and our ideas
Labour’s timebomb
This one-term Labour government will bequeath a wretched economic mess
Hatred without end
A year on from October 7th, mutual dehumanisation and refusal of moral responsibility characterises our “debate” over the Gaza war
Was the Budget stupid or malicious?
It is going to fuel youth unemployment
Tragedy, comedy and an Italian parable
Three great novels capture a moment of change for society
When the farmers took on Starmer
It was an inspiring day in London as farmers resisted Labour’s class warfare
Don’t bite the hand that feeds the birds
The government’s flawed biodiversity analysis endangers successful state-funded schemes
