Women’s History Month
The Critic Books Podcast: Roaring Girls
The extraordinary lives of history’s unsung heroines
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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
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
The principles of peers
Supporters of assisted suicide are being sore losers
I’m worried about Andy Burnham
If Burnham does to Britain what he has done to Manchester, we are in big trouble
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
The global risks of the AI illusion
What if AI turns out to be a lot less profitable than we have been told?
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances
The judge’s verdict
Much of what is passed off as sport is no such thing
Art: my part in its downfall
Pierre d’Alancaisez was part of the
contemporary art world’s inner circle until
he saw the error of his ways
Empire State Madrid
Can a stagnant Spain rediscover the future? Hope lies with its capital
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history
By the by-elections
Do not expect major surprises or lasting change as a result of the latest Scottish by-elections
Why left-wingers should care about borders
A welfare state, and social solidarity, depend on immigration restrictionism