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Writer Dodie Smith’s influences were far from Primrose Hill…
Instead of the chocolate-box pink stucco houses of Primrose Hill, it was the castles and cottages of Suffolk which served as Smith’s inspiration
A grim chorus of philistines
Rishi’s £1.57 Billion handout to the arts sector is the last good news it’ll ever hear, says Robert Thicknesse
Shellshocked: Lebanon’s revolution falters again
Lebanon protests are futile as opposition lacks a coherent strategy
A calibrated campaign of genocide
Our leaders have let us down, so let’s resolve as individuals to end our dependency on the Chinese power wiping out the Uyghurs
Will the summer recess really be a break?
Graham Stewart and David Scullion discuss what we can expect in the coming weeks
Erdogan’s Hagia Sophia move
Turkey has gone from darling of the EU, to Germany’s worst nightmare
Rich and red: The USSR’s prize assets
The wealthy young Americans who laboured for decades to help the communist cause
Heartbreaking? Ha!
Claudia Savage-Gore refuses to be health-shamed into having the children home all day
1945 at 75: Labour’s Very Reasonable Revolution
Anthony Broxton looks back on the election win that Labour now aspire to
Black’s History Week
The Critic’s new weekly podcast series, with Professor Jeremy Black
PMQs: Bullying Boris silences his own benches
Bluster and evasion come too easily to the prime minister